The nature follows certain rules and system. In quest for discovering this aspect,
the cosmogonic aspect of measurement has been explored during the time of the Vedas.
The importance of precise orientation and measurement in construction of the
Hindu temple reveals the cosmogonic symbolism. The Sanskrit term referring to
the temple, "vimana" , means "well-measured" or "well-proportioned".
Texts on temple architecture give extensive discussions of the system of
proportional measurements and techniques for determining true north.
In Sanskrit, "ma" means to measure, to give existence to a thing,
to give it reality in our world, and to demonstrate relationship.
The close connection between measurement and creation is evidenced by the
words"maya", "mother", "matir" and "mater"
which come from the same Sanskrit root.
Measurement separates and differentiates the elements of the world
and thereby creates them. The first act of measurement which occurred
at the boundary between time and the timeless, wrested the elements of our
world from the continuum of chaos.
PROPORTIONS:
"Any beautiful object which is created as per proportions in the
scriptures only will be considered as perfect and pleasing."
The square, the form of finality, is at the same time that of pairs of opposites, manifestation
is only through the pairs of contraries. The square throne of divinity rests on the pairs of contraries:
dharma and adharma (order and its negation); jnana and ajnana (knowledge and ignorance); viragya and
avairagya (dispassion and passion); aishvarya and anaishvarya (sovereignty and its negation) and in their
balance lies the perfection of the square. Its proportion embodies and resolves the finality perfection.
