The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s2.t3.6
The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s2.t3.6
- Language
- English
v1.c9.s2.t3.6
This, the most widely diffused type of the curvilinear Śikhara, is an amalgam of two constituent shapes. The one, it has been shown already, was the nucleus of the type called IIA. There it formed not only the root-Śikhara but also the model of all the multiple and lateral issues of this type. The Tabernacle formed of branches curving towards the point in which they are gathered is its perennial prototype.