The Hindu Temple v1.c9.s9.8

v1.c9.s9.8

The height is twice the width of an Alpa Prāsāda; being divided into 8 parts, four are assigned to the perpendicular walls and 4 to the superstructure; each of these main divisions of the Small Temple is subdivided three-fold, the perpendicular wall into its socle (adhiṣṭhāna), 'pillar' or wall surface proper (stambha) and entablature (prastara); the superstructure of the one-storeyed Alpa-prāsāda analogously has the following three parts: its Neck (kaṇṭha); the Śikhara; and the Stūpi, above the Śikhara.⁵⁷ These 6 portions follow in the vertical direction the rhythm 1:2:1; 1:2:1, this is how the 8 parts of the height are meted out.