The Hindu Temple, Volume 1 |
Contents
TIRTHA AND TEMPLE | 3 |
THE STABILITY OF THE SITE | 12 |
THE SQUARE MANDALA OF THE EARTH AND OF THE ECLIPTIC | 29 |
SYMBOLISM OF THE SQUARE | 40 |
THE TWO MAIN TYPES OF THE VASTU DIAGRAM | 46 |
THE SERIES OF 32 TYPES OF THE VASTUMANDALA | 58 |
AGNIPRAJAPATI AND VĀSTUPURUŞA | 69 |
NATURE AND NAME OF THE VASTUPURUŞA | 79 |
EXPLANATION OF PLATES | 136 |
THE SHED OF INITIATION AND THE TABERNACLE | 156 |
437 | 161 |
THE FORM OF THE VERTICAL AXIS | 175 |
443 | 205 |
THE MAIN VARIETIES OF THE CURVILINEAR SUPERSTRUCTURE | 210 |
FUNCTION AND FORM OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE | 220 |
POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF THE TEMPLES | 233 |
THE GODS AS CONSTITUENTS OF THE BODY OF THE VĀSTUPURUŞA | 85 |
BRICK | 100 |
NAMES AND ORIGINS OF THE TEMPLE | 108 |
65 | 117 |
PROPORTIONS OF THE MANDAPA | 254 |
THE PROPORTIONS OF SOUTH INDIAN TEMPLES | 261 |
VARIETIES OF THE TEMPLE AND THEIR GENESIS | 271 |
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according Agni altar Amalaka appears architecture assigned base belong body Bṛhat Samhita brick building built buttresses called cave central centre century consists corners corresponding course curve curvilinear described directions divided divinities door earth East equal existence extent face finial fire flat roofed floor four Garbhagṛha given gives gods ground half hall height Hindu temple horizontal inner laid later leads lines Mandapa manifestation meaning measure middle mouldings mountain nature Norm original pillar position Prāsāda preserved principle projection proportionate proportions pyramidal reference represented respective rites rule sacred sacrificial sanctuary seen shape shows shrines side Sikhara Siva socle South Indian space square stone storeys structure superstructure symbol temple texts units varieties various Vastu Vedi vertical Vimānas walls whereas width worship