The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s1.4

v1.c9.s1.4

The pyramid or its curvilinear equivalent is the superstructure on the walls of the Garbhagṛha (Figs. h, d; Pls. I, XLIII, LXXI), the means by which the purpose of the temple is shown to those who come to see it (darśana) and to attain release. Inside the Garbhagṛha, in the interior of the temple, the superstructure has no effect but that of darkness if it is hollow; a ceiling, however, as a rule, occupies the position of a flat roof.