The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s3.17

v1.c9.s3.17

However diversified the components and attributes of the temple with the pyramidal superstructure may be, the ‘Jāti-vimāna’ remains in principle a pyramid upon a cube, at all phases of its history.⁸³ The vertical section of its shape in all its variations has for its theme the square with the triangle above it. It is a version of the symbol of total manifestation ‘more geometrico’ and of its reduction to unity.⁸⁴ The 4 regions of space lie within the walls of the ‘cube’ of the Garbhagṛha and the storeyed pyramid above it, the superstructure, leads to the unity of the point.