The Hindu Temple v1.c3.11

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TEMPLE . . . . . 225 I. PROPORTIONATE MEASUREMENT OF THE TEMPLE ... ... ... 227 THE RHYTHMIC DISPOSITION OF THE GROUND PLAN AND OF THE VERTICAL SECTION . . . . . 227 POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF THE TEMPLES ... ... ... 233 THE NORMS OF PROPORTIONATE MEASUREMENT ... ... ... 237 FROM THE SIXTH CENTURY TO c. 900 A.D. ... ... ... 237 PROPORTIONATE MEASUREMENT ABOUT 1000 A.D. ... ... 244 PROPORTIONS OF THE MAṆḌAPA . . . . . 254 THE PROPORTIONS OF SOUTH INDIAN TEMPLES ... ... ... 261 II. VARIETIES OF THE TEMPLE AND THEIR GENESIS ... ... ... 271 A. THE TWENTY TEMPLES . . . . . 271 B. THE FIVE VIMĀNAS AND THE 45 TEMPLES ... ... ... 277 C. THE FIVE VIMĀNAS AND THE 64 HALL TEMPLES ... ... 281 NĀGARA, DRĀVIḌA AND VESARA . . . . . 286