Principle / Ruledraft· Svoboda — Vāstu
Squaring the circle (caturbhṛṣṭi) — round compass to quadrangle
caturbhṛṣṭi
rul-squaring-the-circle-caturbhrshtiPrāṇa relevance
The squaring fixes the maṇḍala to the solar directions, which is the precondition for the whole direction→element→doṣa→prāṇa apparatus to apply; the 'pinning' of the sun's cycle parallels the pinning of Śeṣa/the Vāstu Puruṣa (binding the chaotic into the stable). Not itself a direct prāṇa claim — prana_relevance: structural precondition.
Sources
- txt-svoboda-vastuch. 6 'The Vāstu Puruṣa and the Five Great Elements' (PDF p.150)Modern✓ verifiedsquaring the circle / caturbhṛṣṭi; sun's cycle pinned to four directions; square=Earth/stable, circle=Air/mobile (inverting the Vedic order)
- txt-svoboda-vastuch. 6 (PDF p.150), citing Snodgrass 'Symbolism of the Stupa' p.101Modern✓ verifiedthe caturbhṛṣṭi quotation
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- The Vāstu Puruṣa Maṇḍala is oriented by converting the round compass rose into a quadrangle: the cycles of the sun are 'pinned' to the four directions, squaring the circle of the sun's rotation. The round plane of the earth (circumscribed by the horizon-circle), when structured by the cardinal points (fixed by the sun's solstices and equinoxes — the four 'corners' of the year), becomes a square, called 'four-cornered' (caturbhṛṣṭi). In Vāstu symbolism the SQUARE = the stable Earth Element, the CIRCLE = the dynamic Air Element (squares stable, circles mobile) — inverting the Vedic order in which circle = mutable terrestrial realm and square = immutable heaven.
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- Svoboda develops the move via Snodgrass (The Symbolism of the Stupa); the square/octagon/circle correspond in Vāstu to Brahmā/Viṣṇu/Śiva and to Earth/.../Air.