Principle / Ruledraft· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Secure water and gardens before building a temple
rul-temple-prerequisites-water-gardensPrāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Connections (1)
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- BS 56.1 makes water-and-garden provision the first step ('after securing... one should build').
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhita56.1–8Classical✓ verifiedprerequisite of water and gardens; deities' pleasure
Other attributes
- Rule Class
- prescription
- Statement
- One should build a temple only after securing an abundant water supply (tanks, lakes) and laying out fine gardens; deities reside with pleasure where water and gardens abound, whether natural or made.
- Mechanism Note
- BS gives an explicitly affective/spiritual mechanism: gods dwell where the mind finds tranquillity; the sages' hermitages stood amid sylvan grandeur on riverbanks (56.3–8). This is the chapter's clearest place→mind statement — a Phase 3 prana-adjacent thread, but the text speaks of the DEITY's pleasure, not the worshipper's prana [tag the inference, do not force].
- Tag
- CLASSICAL