The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s4.3

v2.c11.s4.3

⁶⁷ This blind, necessitated by the open trabeate arch of the brick or stone construction is made level with the façade of the Antarāla, the small porch in front of the Prāsāda ; it is its superstructure (Pl. XLVIII). Repeated on a lesser scale on the Śikhara in the remaining cardinal points, it adheres there more closely to the central offset (latā ; pāga ; Pls. XLIII, XLV, XLVI) ; on Śṛṅgas and Tilakas it forms itself the central offset by vertical repetition and diminution (Pls. XLVI—IX), an intermediate stage between the Gavākṣa of the Śukanāsā and the Jāla or net pattern covering the whole Latā or offset. This blind does not belong to the original Śikhara made of boughs, the ‘Tabernacle’.