The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.60

c17.60

The second was the râjasic cycle—the age of passion, action, and energy—when the hero Vikramâditya ruled the land with justice and wisdom, drove back the Hun invaders, and recovered Lakshmî’s jar of plenty by the churning of the Ocean of Time. It was then that the college halls were carved on the western tip of Siva’s crest, and there the scholars worshipped God in His râjasic Aspect, taking as His symbols the dawn and the rising sun.