The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s4.73

v2.c11.s4.73

The sacrifice of the lower self, the self-sacrifice, has its legend in Vāstu as well as in Rāhu. Vāstu is Existence and its extent. He regulates the proportions of the temple according to cosmic order and cyclical numbers. He is the metaphysical plan of the temple. Rāhu, as his brother,¹⁰⁰ is imaged on the walls and essentially on the superstructure of the temple. Between Rāhu and Vāstu is the realm of appearance or concrete form (mūrti); both give it sustenance : Vāstu gives its frame work and Rāhu fills it with the inexhaustible wealth of the forms of nature (Prakṛti). Above Rāhu they are not seen for as much as he emits he also devours them. He is Time the Devourer, particularly the Eclipse and also the Planet of an aeon which has passed. This great Asura rules over the destinies of men, brings good or evil.