The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s5.5

v1.c8.s5.5

The architectural rite of depositing the seed of the temple is continued in the ‘natural’ discipline of its form which the architect (Sthapati, Kartṛ) masters by his aptitude, training and skill. An integration of his personality, that of the patron, the Kāraka, and of the shapes of many origins is effected by his work and is visible in its form. Such one-pointedness (ekāgratā) is the motive of the Hindu temple with its high superstructure; ostensibly it leads to the one point which is even beyond its own shape. This one-pointedness resulted in the predominance of the temples with the four sided, pyramidal, or curvilinear superstructure over the other temple types, with flat or keel and barrel shaped roofs, etc. (Part VI).