The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s9.31

v2.c11.s9.31

When the building is completed and consecrated, its effigy in the shape of a golden man, the Prāsāda-puruṣa, is installed in the Golden jar, above the Garbhagṛha, above the Śukanāsā. The effigy is invested with all the Forms and Principles of manifestation. While the Vāstupuruṣa "Existence" lies at the base of the temple and its support the Golden Puruṣa of the Prāsāda, its indwelling Essence, sum total of the Forms and Principles (tattva) of manifestation and their reintegration lies in the superluminous darkness of the Golden jar on top of the temple below the point limit of the manifest. In supernal radiance, the golden Puruṣa of the Vedic Altar ('Taittirīya Saṃhitā', V. 2. 7. 1) appears raised from the golden disc—of the sun—within the bottom layer of the Agni to the finial above the superstructure of the Hindu temple. The ascension of the Golden Puruṣa cancels the descent of the Vāstupuruṣa.