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Cardinal directions

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Cardinal directions. The division of space, in Hindu cosmology, into the 4 directions, NSEW, of great importance in sacrifice, orientation of towns and buildings, etc. With the triloka (see LOKA), they make up ‘all this’, i.e. the totality of space.

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cardinal points

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

cardinal points, the four points of north, south, east, and west on a magnetic compass card. The points midway between these—north-east, south-east, south-west, and north-west—are known as the inter-cardinal points.

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cardinal points

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

cardinal points. North, south, east, and west, so elevations facing these points are cardinal fronts.

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