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Why is #Kashi so significant to Hindus? - Part 4 #Thread

""Microcosm & Macrocosm"

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Cosmogram is a magico-spatial design that brings macro, meso, and microcosms together in a unified order. The focal point represents the earth's life-breath, and thus assists to explain and experience the fundamental interaction between Man and Cosmos.

The number 108, which is a numerical cosmogram in and of itself, has a cosmogonic meaning relating to constellations (lunar asterism, 27) and the human condition's rhythm or cardinality (8). Thus, cardinality, centrality, and circulation are defined.

A cosmogram's fundamental frame is made up of three pieces that symbolise three different elements: a circle (light), a square (water), and a triangle (energy) (wind).

The square [■] denominates 9 planets, circle [●] denotes 4 directions, triangle [▲] denotes the 3 legendary realms in a numerical framework. The cosmogram achieves the number 108 (9 x 4 x 3) in its geonumeric integration; this structural plan in total symbolises a Cosmogram.

There are various ways to interpret the sacred number 108. In Hindu mythology, this is a product of 12 (the yearly cycle of time or months in a year) and 9 (the cosmic space representing 9 planets) (12 x 9).

The sum of 27 constellations and the 4 parts of a day, or 4 directions; and the sum of 36, indicating divine beings or 36 koti (variety) of Hindu divinities, and 3 legendary worlds, equals 108. The one day and night of Brahma is also thought to represent 108 years.

The product of the three fundamental integers' powers
(1¹ x 2² x 3³) is also 108. From right to left, 108 can be interpreted as: 8, the cardinal directions (space reference showing the sphere of cosmos) that eventually emerge into void (0, infinity or black hole),

resulting in infinite cosmic unity (1) where humanity's earthly beingness and divinity's terrestrial super-consciousness merge.

"Varanasi is what it is as a result of pilgrimage circuits, interconnecting shrines and temples, and manifestive forces imposed to varying degrees. A cosmogram is Kashi. The city-territory was once known as Kashi, or “Kashya eti Kashi”.

The temple's ground design is a mandala, which represents a "image of the laws regulating the world, to which men are as subject as the earth on which they built." The cosmic voyage and its realisation are symbolised by the circumambulation.

The fundamental cosmogram (Vastu-Purusha Mandala) for a surface plan can be drawn in 32 ways, according to the Vastu shastras (architecture manuals); the simplest one consists of a square, which can be divided into 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, and so on up to 1,024 squares.

Ekashiti Pada (9 × 9 grids, Padas) was the most popular number. According to the Brihat Samhita, towns, palaces, and dwellings should be built on an 81-square foundation, whereas temples should be built on a 64-square foundation.

The city design must be created in this fashion, according to the Matsya Purana, a 9th century scripture, including the distribution of space to various divinities. Brahma (the Creator) is said to rule over nine squares making an open quadrangle in the centre.

The divinities are arranged according to their status and relevance in Hindu rituals. The territorial deities serve as watch keepers over the eight cardinal directions. This design symbolises the union of body, space, and cosmos.

Varanasi is Hinduism's only and most sacred place, where the broader total (macrocosm) has been condensed into a symbolic form of hallowed places on Earth (mesocosm), and then into the cognitive form of a temple, or shrine (microcosm).

Vishvanatha Mandir
Each side of the main temple was 108 feet long and divided into 27 grids in one dimension. Only 26 grids exist in actuality, and the cosmogram was made real in numerical symbology by adjusting an additive.

"The square protects the interior and may also represent the ecliptic, the periodic course traced by the sun as it measures out time," according to square layout. The main shrine, located in the centre, was similarly divided into 64 (8 x 8) grids, each measuring 16 square feet.

This is a manduka mandala with the primary linga, Shiva's emblem, lying in an ornate reservoir in the centre. "Its corners are the corners of the cell's external shape at the same moment."

Vishwanath Mandir: The #Gyanvapi Well can be seen on the 1594 model.

Adjoining the central shrine, there were four ante-chambers (mandapas) corresponding to Jnana (knowledge), Mukti (liberation), Shringara (decoration), n Aishvarya (glory), respectively signifying the E S W N. The mandapas were each 16 × 16 feet in size (16 grids).

The first circular form was symbolised by the inner sanctuary, while the second circle and cardinality were represented by the four cardinal mandapas.

At the third level, four subsidiary temples corresponding to Tarakeshvara (SE), Dandapani (SW), Ganesha (NW), and Bhairava (SE) existed in the remaining four cardinal directions, each with an area of 9 grids (12 x 12 ft) (NE).

The entire temple must have looked like a magnificent collection of nine spires when it was completed. According to the ground plan, the height decreased in a ratio of 16, 8, and 6 from the centre outward.

At the centre, the 4 primary directional grids of 16 each had fused into 64. In addition to the supplementary mandapa, there were 8 more 9-grid rooms nearby, bringing the total number of chambers to 12. This is the same as 9 + 12 = 108.

[(16 x 4) + 64 + {(9 x 4) + (9 x 8)}]

There are a total of 236 open-chambers in the final count. The triple circle symbol was created using a framework n grid that effectively represented 3 realms, symbolising Shiva's authority as the controller of the 3 realms, namely, earth, atmosphere n heaven.

more to come...

Those who have missed previous posts will find them here.
Part 1

https://twitter.com/sureshseshadri1/status/1528733389989486593?s=20&t=TsdqvNwwm0-YYVPtNnzeTQ

Part 2

https://twitter.com/sureshseshadri1/status/1529318863967764480?s=20&t=H2gPzkcK7YvPe7RG2zd2ng

Part 3

https://twitter.com/sureshseshadri1/status/1530817045688119296?s=20&t=09C-GOF7mWo920BxQ57qXA

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