The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s3.6

v1.c9.s3.6

⁷⁹ With this have to be contrasted the layers of increasingly broad beams or slabs supported on posts, etc. and placed in several strata above a sanctuary: cf. the Bodhi-tree temple, as represented in a relief from Mathurā, 2nd century B.C. (Coomaraswamy, HIIA, Fig. 70) and the particular shape of capitals of Buddhist pillars, in which an Āmalaka forms the most important part (Part VIII).