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The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s6.6

The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s6.6

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v1.c9.s6.6

| Texts : | Vaikhānasa-āgama II | Īśānaśiva-Paddhati III. 25, 64-66[A]* 67-72[B] | Kāmikāgama XLIX. 124-40 | Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra X 107-32 | Mānasāra IX 255-86 : Nandyāvarta | 109-13 : Daṇḍaka | 381-409 : Svastika | Tantra-samuccaya I. I. 29 |
| **NE** | Śiva (Īśāna) facing E. | Śiva [A, B] (Īśāna) † Vāstu-cāmuṇḍī (Aditi) Gaṇeśa (Jayanta) Sūrya [A and B] | Agni; Nāgara Drāviḍa | Mahéśvara Śrī Vahni (Agni) | Śiva Lakṣmī (Aditi) Nṛsiṃha | Śiva (Parjanya, Udita) | Cāmuṇḍa (outside the settlement) facing N. | Śiva |
| **E** | Sūrya (Aditya) Facing W. Viṣṇu | Gauri, Śrī [B] Viṣṇu. Kṣetrapāla Viṣṇu (Bhṛśa) | Drāviḍa Vesara | Sūrya | Śiva or Viṣṇu | Viṣṇu | Sūrya (Aditya) Viṣṇu (Indra) Śiva (Īśa, Jayanta, Parjanya) | Viṣṇu |
| **SE** | Gaṇeśa (Bhṛśa) facing E. | Viṣṇu (Bhṛśa) | Viṣṇu; Vesara | Viṣṇu Indra Dharima Sanatkumāra Sāvitrī Maruts, Mārnta | | | | |
| **S** | Vindhyavāsinī (Yama) | Kāli (Agni) [A] Guha[A] (Yama) Mātrs [B] | Viṣṇu; Brahmā Vesara, Drāviḍa | Gaṇeśa, Mātrs Bhūtas Yama | Vāmana | | Viṣṇu (Vivasvān) | |
| **SW** | Ṣaṇmukha (Sugrīva) | Gaṇeśa (Nirṛti); Buddha: (Sugrīva); Jina (Bhṛśa) [A] | Soma; Vesara | Bhadrakālī Pitaraḥ Caitya | Subrahmaṇya (Dauvārika) Buddha, Jina | | Subrahmaṇya (Sugrīva); Jina (Nirṛti); Bhārga (Uhrṅgarāja, Gandharva) | Gaṇeśa (Nirṛti) |
| **W** | Viṣṇu (Varuṇa) (Asana and sthānaka images) facing E. | [A and B] Viṣṇu (Varuṇa); Kārttikeya [B] | Viṣṇu; Drāviḍa, Vesara | Oceans, Rivers, Viśvakārman, Prajāpati Varuṇa | Vāsudeva Śiva Nṛsiṃha Durgā Ādiviṣṇu | Viṣṇu (Varuṇa or Mitra) | Viṣṇu (Mitra, Varuṇa) | Viṣṇu |
| **NW** | | [A and B] Jyeṣṭhā (Vāyu) Caṇḍī [A] (Mukhya) | Nāgara Drāviḍa | Serpents Saturn Kātyāyanī | | | Buddha (Vāyu) | Durgā (Vāyu) |
| **N** | | Caṇḍī, Mahākālī (Niśākara) Mātrs, Durgā Kṣetrapāla [B] | Soma, Śāstā Nāgara, Vesara | Viśākha, Skanda, Soma, Kuvera | Keśava, Nārāyaṇa Sarasvatī (Mukhya, Bhallāṭa) | | Kāli (outside) | Skanda‡ |
| **Centre** | Viṣṇu | Brahmā [B] | Soma, Vighueśa Vesara | | | | | All the gods |
| **Directions Intermediate** | | | | | Śiva | | Śiva (in inner rim) | |
| **8 Directions** | Mātrs (all around); Viṣṇu | Lokapālas | Pārvatī; Kṣetrapālas Sārvaleśika | | Viṣṇu Gaṇeśa | | Gaṇeśa; Durgā | |
| **Outside** | Viṣṇu; but not in the North; Pañcavīras | | | | Viṣṇu | Viṣṇu, Śiva | Bhairava | |

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