The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s9.17
The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s9.17
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v2.c11.s9.17
As in the beginning, so also on the completion of the building, the rite of auspicious germination (aṅkurārpaṇa; Ī.P. IV. ch. XXXIV. 27; ‘Kāmikāgama’, LXI. 3; Mayamata, XVIII. 166) is enacted and oblations are given at night. Then at dawn, of another day, the Sthapati, the master architect, and the Sthāpaka, the priest architect, ascend the Vimāna and with a golden needle, perform the rite of opening the eyes (netra mokṣa) of the Prāsāda in front of the cupola (Śikhara) of its High Temple (Harmya).
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- Īśānaśivagurudevapaddhati — Īśānaśivagurudeva, Sanskrit
- Kāmikāgama — Sanskrit
- Mayamata — Maya, Sanskrit