The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s9.52

v1.c9.s9.52

The width of the Prāsāda is thus 12 parts; for the purpose of allotting to the piers or buttresses their proportionate part of the width of the Prāsāda the latter is now divided by the Vinyāsasūtras into 8 parts of which the buttress at the corner occupies 1 part, the 2nd buttress also 1 part and the one in the middle of the building has 2 parts. Their names are those of the type of the chapel of the superstructure; placed on top of each pier respectively; the Karṇakūṭa at the corner, etc. (cf. Fig. h where however further elaborations of the Anukāyas are to be seen).