The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s3.16

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⁹⁴ 'Isāna-paddhati', III, Ch. XXVII, 81-106; around the Brahmasthāna are the gods of the Vāstupurusamandala, which extends over the bottom of the Garbha vessel. The distribution of the wealth of the earth is as follows: precious stones in the centre; grains and pigments in the four directions; metals and various symbols in the eight directions; soil of different provenience in the 8 directions and in the centre; four varieties of lotus and Tagara (Tabernaemontana coronaria) in the four directions and in the centre; finally in the Brahmasthāna, (in the centre) the attributes of the God whose presence the temple enshrines; cf. 'Mayamata', XII, 88.