Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c7.56

v1.c7.56

corner of a village; that of Viṣṇu, in the west; of Sūrya, in the east of the village and facing the west; of Durgā, in the south; of Subrahmaṇya, in the north-west. The Sapta-Mātṛkās or Mother-goddesses with Vināyaka are to be set up in the north near the fort walls, on the edge of the surrounding moat facing the north side; Jyeṣṭhādevī is to be set up on the banks of tanks.