The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s3.30

v1.c8.s3.30

The several mouldings of the socle (adhiṣṭhāna) project each in proportion to its own height beyond the Mānasūtra, (the side of the wall of the Prāsāda, externally). Jagatī and Kumuda have each a projection equal to their own height, while other profiles, such as Paṭṭikā, Padma, etc. may project each as much as their own height, or ¾, ½, or ¼ of it only. This is left to the discretion of the architect (‘Tantrasamuccaya’, I, II. 16). Jagatī, in this context, is a projection of the socle, and not the whole terrace on which the temple may be set up (see note 44). Jagatī as a part of the Adhiṣṭhāna is also dealt with in the ‘Vaikhānāśāgama’, ch. VI.