Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.103
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.103
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The Earth, the Water, the Fire and the Wind, these are the Bījas of a Yantra, but all these are dependent for their movement and operation only on the Ether—this Ether or the sky, therefore, by virtue of being the substratum i e. the basis and medium of action becomes an element itself. Hence there are five Bījas of a Yantra. Among them the Earth is the main constituent. It is the ground of operation and, therefore, the earthly constituent in a Yantra naturally becomes more pronounced and more in quantity also and having earth as the basis, all the other Bījas namely the water, the fire and the wind are operated upon.