The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s8.11

v2.c11.s8.11

All this is performed by the repeated recitation of the Dūrohaṇa Mantra, its verses and pauses;¹⁶⁸ all this is performed too by the ever renewed effort at climbing the Śikhara with the help of its smaller replicas. By this repeated and renewed effort, the apex is reached and the mass of the structure is reduced. The many Bhūmis, Mañjarīs, Śṛṅgas and Latās fulfil their purpose in different ways on the various temples: with a seeming independence and a high flung tension (Pl. I); in a choral sameness of step, reglemented and united (Pl. XLIII), or with a rhythmical interchange of ascent and pause,—of vertical curve, and platform; together with Āmalaka—sustained by one chain of thought carried in its long course (Pls. LXXI and IV).