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The Concept of a Temple (देवालयस्य सङ्कल्पना) (view source)
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=== The Vastupurushamandala ===
=== The Vastupurushamandala ===
The Hindu Temple is built on the principle of Vastupurusamandala. The concept of Vastupurushamandala directs the ground plan of the temple and the site where the temple is planned to be built. The Vastupurushamandala is drawn on the ground before the commencement of the construction of the temple. The Vastupurushamandala is square in shape and serves as a documentation of an architectural ritual. The accurate drawing of the Vastupurushamandala is not only the opening step in the building of the Hindu Temple but also the first stage in the science of architecture or Sthapatya Shastra. The Vastupurushamandala is essentially a square and this square is called the Vastupurusamandala. The square is further divided into sixty four compartments and diagonals are draw. Vastu in the words of eminent art historian Stella Kramrisch is “the universal essence, Principle of all things , origin of creation.” Vastu is to be understood as the site in which vastu or the physical existence dwells and therefore it is called vastu.
The Hindu Temple is built on the principle of Vastupurusamandala. The concept of Vastupurushamandala directs the ground plan of the temple and the site where the temple is planned to be built. The Vastupurushamandala is drawn on the ground before the commencement of the construction of the temple. The Vastupurushamandala is square in shape and serves as a documentation of an architectural ritual. The accurate drawing of the Vastupurushamandala is not only the opening step in the building of the Hindu Temple but also the first stage in the science of architecture or Sthapatya Shastra. The Vastupurushamandala is essentially a square and this square is called the Vastupurusamandala. The square is further divided into sixty four compartments and diagonals are draw. Vastu in the words of eminent art historian Stella Kramrisch is “the universal essence, Principle of all things , origin of creation.” Vastu is to be understood as the site in which vastu or the physical existence dwells and therefore it is called vastu.
Bhu or earth considered the original vastu it underlies all existence. Prithvi as one of the Pancha Mahabhutas and as the goddess Bhu Devi provides her surface to construct the temple. According to Stella Kramrisch, it i.e. Bhumi is “the ground for architectural ritual.” (Kramrich , 21). Bhumi is the place where the mortals and immortals dwell. Four kinds of spaces have been designated by the ancient Sthapatyashastrakaras as Vastu:
1. Bhumi: The Ground
2. Prasada: Palace or Temple
3. Yana: Conveyance
4. Shayana: Couch
Bhu or the earth is the fundamental Vastu as it is the first of the Pancha Mahabhutas and support of all animate and inanimate objects. Those which emanate from the earth like the Prasadas are the Vaastu which are abodes or planned sites. They are also termed as Vastu as they are things which have a concrete existence and established on Vastu (a real existing thing). Vaastu is fundamentally the planned site of a structure. In most cases, the Vaastu is square in shape and its complete name is the Vaastupurushamandala. This term is composed of three words- Vaastu, Purusha and Mandala.