The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s1.74
The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s1.74
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v1.c7.s1.74
There are thus two distinct foundation rites of the stone buildings; either of them is performed in the centre of the pit. The one is based on the Ādhāraśilā, the support given by the first stone, to the total structure. Its symbolism proceeds in the vertical, from the Omphalos or Nābhi, which here appears as Ādhāraśilā.