The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s1.95
The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s1.95
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⁵⁶ The square Ādhāraśilā has a depression in its centre ('Tantrasamuccaya' I. I. 74) wherein grain is deposited and on it the Nidhikalaśa, the treasure jar. The place of the Ādhāraśilā should thus lie along the vertical axis which is laid through the centre of the Brahmasthāna. There, Brahmā is beheld on the navel-cord (nābhi-sūtra) of Vāstu-puruṣa [Viṣṇu-Nārāyaṇa] ('Kāśyapaśilpa', II. 24).