The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s5.8

v1.c9.s5.8

The division of the Pramāṇasūtra is 1:2:1. This is also observed in the ‘Bṛhat Saṃhitā’ (LV. 11-16).³ The adjustment of the Maṇḍala of 64 squares to that of 16 squares has already been discussed (Part II, p. 58); here, it seems to have been suggested by the simplicity of the shrine; its plain, thick walls, without buttresses, belong to small structural temples in central India of the Gupta Age.⁴