The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s7.25

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Guharāja, King of caves, is a name as suggestive as it is unique among the ever-increasing types of temples enumerated and described in the texts⁹³. The name however occurs also as that of actual temples, such as the ‘Kuraja (Guharāja) Bir’ Temple⁹⁴. Kuhara, or cave, is a synonym of Śālā, or room, in the ‘Bhaviṣya Purāṇa’, where the type of temple, called Meru, is described as having many Kuharas (ch. CXXX. 27)⁹⁵.