The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s2.24

v1.c9.s2.24

Practising craftsmen (Dāmodar Mahārāna) in Bhuvaneśvar determine the curve of the ‘gaṇḍi’, i.e. the trunk of the curvilinear Śikhara, “according to its beauty”. They know no formula for its batter; they take however the width of the shoulder course as measuring ¾ of the base (and not 3/5, see p. 207); and the width of the ‘gala’ as ½ of the Mūla-sūtra; the height of the temple being twice, etc. its width (cf. Part VII), the perpendicular walls are assigned a height which is ¾th of the width.