The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s3.12

v1.c8.s3.12

⁴⁷ The Vedi or Vedibandha is one quarter of the height of the Śikhara. This refers to the curvilinear Śikhara in the early texts. 'Matsyapurāṇa', CCLXIX. 15-20; 'Garuḍa Purāṇa', I. XLVII. 1-5; 'Agnipurāṇa', XLII. 17-18 and CIV. Other proportions are given in the 'Matsyapurāṇa', ib. 8-14, and in later texts (Part VII). Vedi is also the name of the respective portion of a Rekhā temple in Orissa; N. K. Bose, 'Canons of Orissan Architecture' p. 92.