History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s8.20

v2.c24.s8.20

Be this as it may, these pillars are singularly graceful in their form, and elegant in their details, but they do not belong to the early style to which they were at first ascribed. There are eight of these sandstone shafts, each 14 ft. 6 in. in height. These are arranged in two squares about 15 ft. apart, and between the two are some square pillars and a carved doorway, apparently the entrance to the mandap. On its lintel a four-armed goddess is carved, mounted on a Garuda, and a small nude male in each side niche: these could not have been prepared for a Jaina temple. Then the granite pilasters for the walls are of various lengths, several having one or more blocks added above or below to make up the proper heights, and pointing to a reconstruction.⁵ If it ever were completed the temple would be in plan almost a copy of that of Pârswanâth noticed above, having a porch on the east and a mandapa 21 ft. 6 in. wide, with the second group of four carved columns supporting its roof, and extending to the two square pilasters