[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1477 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1477 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1477 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1477](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1477) In the centre of the circular lotus, consecrate Vāsudeva with the first syllable of mantra (spell) ‘A’. To the south of him consecrate and worship Saṅkarṣaṇa and Pradyumna with the syllable ‘A’; in the S.E. corner, Aniruddha with the syllable ‘Ah’; in the west, Nārāyaṇa with the syllable ‘Om’; Brahmā in the N.W. corner with the syllables ‘Tatsat’; Viṣṇu in the North with the syllable ‘Hum’; Nṛsimha with the syllable ‘Kṣau’ and Varāha in the N.E. corner with the syllable ‘bhūm’. - [Previous: c8.1476](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1476) - [Next: c8.1478](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1478) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1477](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1477) · Pramāṇa