The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s8.27

v1.c9.s8.27

Within these margins of proportionate measurement the true Sthapati shows his mastermind in such temples like the one at Ambarnāth; its proportions corroborate and make use of the rules. The distance for example from the square of the Garbhagṛha to the Catuṣkikā, the central square of the Maṇḍapa, is the diagonal of these congruous squares.⁵³ So intimately moreover are the two structures locked into one building that in this temple the centre of the Garbhagṛha is the corner of the square on edge, formed by connecting the angles of the offsets of the wall of the Maṇḍapa (p. 230A).