The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s5.46

v1.c9.s5.46

¹⁴ See Plate XLIII. These offer their vertical surfaces into which are sunk niches containing images of the gods, or else the images protrude from the walls as if they had stepped forth from their vertical surfaces. They are set in niches (Pl. XLIII) or framed by any device (in Orissa, etc., also Pls. LXXI, III). In them the impact from the centre seems to be given iconographic shape. In this way also the images on the walls of the temple have their place rhythmically determined with ultimate reference to the Vāstumaṇḍala.