The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s3.15

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The Vedic altar survives in the structure of the body of the temple, in its lowest and its highest part. In technique and name the Prāsāda, the Hindu temple, shares in the name of the Vedi and Citi. Its total structure moreover, when seen from outside has the appearance of a massive pile, and is a monument more than a building. The thickness of the walls of the Garbhagṛha, and the often nearly compact superstructure, also reveal that the entire Prāsāda is a Citi.⁴⁹ This is