The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s3.11

v1.c9.s3.11

In a certain class of South Indian temples, i.e. the "small temples" (Alpa-Prāsāda) ('Tantrasamuccaya', I. II. 52), the demarcation is conspicuous between the walls of the Prāsāda and the superstructure; it is brought about by an entablature (prastara) and a recessed part above it, the walls of the storey called Grīvā or Gala (neck), just as the shaft which emerges from the shoulder course of the superstructure and reaches up to the Āmalaka or forms the walls of the High Temple is a recess in proportion to the platform of the Vedi, the Skandha, and is therefore also called Grīvā (gala, etc.). Thus six parts of the Prāsāda are distinguished in the vertical direction—Adhiṣṭhāna, the socle (with or without Upapīṭha, the pedestal), Pāda (the pillar or height of the wall) Prastara, Gala, Śikhara, and Stūpi. The adding of the superstructure (the High Temple) to the flat roofed lower temple is recorded in these divisions.