The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s9.45

v1.c9.s9.45

⁶⁴ Vocabulary: Gṛha-piṇḍi, Ālinda and Hara are 'enclosures' of the Garbhagṛha; their width is given. They correspond to the inner wall, ambulatory and outer wall respectively. Karṇakūṭa is the Kūṭa near the corner, the chapel with a square plan. Pañjara is another kind of chapel; Harāntara are the recesses intervening between the chapels; Koṣṭha is the rectangular chapel in the centre. Adhiṣṭhāna and Tala are synonyms for socle or base; Mañca and Prastara for entablature which here combines the role of 'socle' of the higher floor and 'entablature' of the lower floor; Caraṇa and Talipa for pillar; Kaṇṭha and Gala for neck; Śīrṣaka and Śikhara for cupola and Stūpi as well as Sikhā for finial. The Paryanta-sūtra is not explicitly given in the 'Kāśyapaśilpa'.