Astika deity--------------direction-----rotated direction----Z`i-byed class
Indra, ruler of deva-s |
east |
southeast |
deva-s: variegated (= diamond of Agni) |
Yama, ruler of Naraka |
south |
above |
naraka-sattva-s: lapis lazuli (= blueness of Vis.n.u) |
Varun.a, ruler of humans |
west |
north [or, northwest ?] |
humans: gold (= treasure of Kuvera) [or, = metallic flagpole of Vayu ?] |
Kuvera [or, Soma: ruler of plants] |
below [or, north] |
west |
animals: quartz (= Varun.a) |
Vis.n.u, whose head was unrecovered |
above |
east |
preta-s (persons whose corpses remain unrecovered): ruby (= Indra) |
Carol Diane Savvas: A Study of the Profound Path of gCod. PhD diss., U. of WI, 1990. p. 255.
Mineral attibutions (for linga-s) are according to the S`iva Puran.a.
Directional substitution here may be symmetrical, one-eightth rotation clockwise for east & weat.