The Hindu Temple, Volume 1

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1976 - Architecture - 466 pages

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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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