The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s1.43

v2.c11.s1.43

Nyāsa however is not only performed to the living body of man, but also to that of the image of stone or wood, etc. (‘Mahānirvāṇatantra’ XIII. 289-91). As the body of the devotee so also is the body of the image touched in six places (ṣaḍaṅga nyāsa). The constituent elements of the world and its principles are assigned to it from the feet to the place of the heart, etc. By thus touching it ritally, it is felt alive with the breath of the cosmos.¹²