The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s1.82

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⁴⁸ The Svayamātṛṇṇā, or self-perforated stones (Ś.B. VIII. 7. 3. 13 ; 19 ; VIII. 7. 4. 1.), are placed in this vertical sequence: the first on the golden man in the centre of the bottom layer, the second in the centre of the third layer, the third upon the centre of the completed fifth layer. They represent the 3 worlds, the holes being intended to afford to the sacrificer (represented by the golden man) a passage to the highest regions; SBE. Vol. XLI, p. 155.