History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.40

v3.c44.40

The worship of god through the medium of images is again two-fold, viz. done in one's house and in a public temple. The latter is, according to many works, the best and the completest, since it allows of the celebration of festivals and the performance of the varied items or modes of worship (*upacāra*). Private worship of idols in one's house has already been dealt with above (pp. 726-736) under Devapūjā. Now the worship of images in temples remains to be dealt with. The establishment of images in temples is again of two kinds viz. calārcā (where the image can be lifted up, moved to another place) and sthirārcā (where the image is fixed on a pedestal or is not meant to be lifted up or moved). The consecration of these two differs in certain details.