Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c56.22
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c56.22
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Now resuming our lost thread, it can be said that the temple is the seat and dwelling of God. The name Prāsāda has the widest application. The word is unique in this respect that it does not mean a house or something that is built like Devāgāra or Vimāna respectively. "It denotes a settling down (Pra-sad) and a seat made of that which has settled down and aqcuired concrete form, the form of a dwelling, a residence, the seat of God" (vide H. T. p. 135-36).