Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.70

c4.s3.70

“The temples of *Vishnu*, in whatever form that deity may be worshipped, should be erected within the village facing towards the east, except in the incarnation of *Narasinha* (the Man-lion), whose temple should be built without the wall with its face turned from the village or town. That part of the figure which belongs to *Mitra*,[^asterisk] *Bhallata*,[^asterisk] *Arya*,[^asterisk] or *Sauruya*,[^asterisk] should be invariably assigned to the temple of *Vishnu*, but the shrine of *Siva* should be built in the compartments presided over by *Indra*,[^asterisk] *Indraja*,[^asterisk] *Rudra*,[^asterisk] *Rudraga*,[^asterisk] &c. If the emblem of *Siva* (Linga) is to be consecrated according to the *Sidd'hanta A'gama*,dagger it may be placed