The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s9.2

v1.c5.s9.2

¹⁰⁴ Utpala adds: Meru is six-sided and Samudga round (Br. Sam., comm. on LII, 56) and refers to Varāhamihira's text, ch. LV. 20, where these buildings are described. The ‘Samarānganasūtradhāra’, similarly speaks of the circular Vāstu of 64, and 100 parts, used in circular shrines (XII. 13. f). It has four enclosures and the divinities are distributed as in the corresponding square types of Vāstu: ch. XII. 20 deals with polygonal types of Vāstu of 3, 6, 8 and 16 sides. The side (asra) in the ‘Brhat Samhitā’ belongs 1) to the wall of the Prāsāda, and 2) to its central buttress (bhadra; Pt. VII); a square plan with projections on three of its sides results; the fourth side is the ‘façade’ of the temple with the entrance and porch and is separately dealt with (Part VII).