The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s5.28

v1.c9.s5.28

Various methods were in use not only with regard to the pillar and its proportionate parts, but also when measuring the mouldings of the socle, (see Part V, note 50), and the projections were expressed in terms of their respective height. Whereas the diameter of the column at the base was often taken as a module of the Greek temple, in the Indian temple, the width of the ‘pillar’ at the top is the module of the mouldings, etc. or ‘accessory parts’ (aṅga) only.