The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s6.4

v1.c9.s6.4

¹⁶ cf. XXVI 7, where the position of a temple of Durgā is given in the South or South-West or North-West or East or between the South and South-West. In chapter XLIX however of the same text, the 'Kāmikāgama', Subrahmaṇya is assigned to the SE, whereas the plots of Sugrīva or Varuṇa are his in ch. XXVI. Some of the positions prescribed in ch. XLIX are given in the chart. This chapter moreover lays down in which directions Nāgara, Drāviḍa, Vesara and Sārvadeśika temples are to be built, not only in the eight directions, but for example in the SSW., etc.