The Vastu Purusha Mandala
Every plot is a grid of padas over the Vastu Purusha, head in the north-east, with Brahma at the centre.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Vastu Shishya
- Vastu Shastra
- The being under the plot
- A grid of padas
- Marma points
A first look at the lesson
The texts tell of the Vastu Purusha, a being pressed down by the gods, lying on every plot face down with his head in the north-east and feet in the south-west. The gods who hold him down each guard a part of the plot.
The plot is drawn as a grid of squares (padas): 64 (8 × 8, the Manduka mandala, used for temples) or 81 (9 × 9, the Paramashayika mandala, used for houses). In the 81-pada mandala Brahma holds the nine central padas, and 32 devatas guard the outer ring; 45 devatas in all.
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More lessons on this subject
- The BrahmasthanaThe centre of the house belongs to Brahma: kept open, free of pillars, toilets and stairs, ideally a courtyard.
- Disha: eight directions and their guardiansVastu begins with direction: eight dikpalas guard eight directions, each with its graha; Brahma holds the centre.
- Tilted plotsFew plots face true north; a plot turned by a large angle is read by its corners, not its sides.
- Pancha Bhuta: the five elements in a plotEarth, water, fire, air and space each have a zone; the rooms that use them belong there.
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