The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s3.12
The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s3.12
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v2.c11.s3.12
Such Nāsās (Nāsikā; Kudu) are also repeated horizontally on the Kapotālis or cornices; there they had their place, originally, as attic windows, in which form they have figured since the days of Barhut. Thus the Gavākṣa is originally a dormer or gable window and it retains as its outline the shape of the arch of vegetation, the shape of Prakṛti.⁵⁴