The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s8.9

v1.c8.s8.9

The finial is beyond the body of the temple, which has its extension in Antarikṣa, the mid-space. Above its High Temple (harmya) and cupola (śikhara); (Figs. g-h, Pt. VI),¹²¹ above its being gathered by the Āmalaka¹²² (Fig. i) rises the finial, the Stūpikā, in the Empyrean and up to the Bindu, its Highest Point, the limit between the unmanifest and the manifest.