Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c26.7
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c26.7
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1. All gods (only selected gods are fit to be decorated with) demons, planets, stars, yakṣas, gandharvas, rākṣasas, piśācas, pitṛs, pretas, siddhas, vidyādharas, nāgas, cāraṇas, bhūta-saṁ ghas with their wives and sons.
2. The Pratīhāras, Pratīhāriṇīs (gate-keepers—males and females) with their weapons.
3. The nymphs and their gaṇas.
4. Dīkṣitas, vow-keepers, pākhaṇḍīs, nāstikas, the hungry, the suffering humanity (from illness), captivity, weapon-wounds, fire-burns; etc. etc., impotents, nudes, blinds, deafs, the mads and idiots.