The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s1.3

v1.c9.s1.3

Metaphysical knowledge and realisation by religion have their visible residue in architectural form, in its fundamental shapes and their relation. The square and cube of the walls of the Garbhagṛha, seen from outside, encompass the Centre; thence they rise to the Highest Point by way of the pyramid or such similar shapes which effect a transition from the square of extensiveness, the Vāstu, and from its enclosing walls to the point. The pyramid or its curvilinear equivalent, the Sikhara, placed on the cube, are the inevitable form of the superstructure of the Vimāna.