The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s4.37

v1.c8.s4.37

Raised from the earth where it has stood in accordance with the megalithic practice, the flat roofed stone temple on its plinth and terrace, is an established type. The ‘Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra’ has much to say about temples without Śikharas⁶⁵ which were one-storeyed, flat roofed structures. As a rule, however, Vāstuśāstra is preoccupied with the varieties and proportionate measures of Prāsādas having superstructures, and whose height is twice or thrice the width of their walls (Part VII).