The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s7.24

v1.c8.s7.24

described in the ‘Bṛhat Saṃhitā’ is called Guharāja, King of caves (LV. 17)⁹²; it is equally telling by its name as the four last named types, in chapter LV of the ‘Bṛhat Saṃhitā’, the Round, the Square, the Octagonal and the Sixteen sided one are by their form, which should be dark inside, "so that light from outside will not enter these Prāsādas" (‘Bṛ. Saṃh.’ LV. 25; 28, with comm.).