The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s8.33

v2.c11.s8.33

¹⁸⁰ The term Mūrdheṣṭakā (‘Mayamata’, XVIII. 117; ‘Kāśyapaśilpa’, XLII. 1-2), the head, or top ‘brick’ is the place where the finial is fixed; also the ‘pidhānaphalakā’ of a wooden structure (‘Tantra-Samuccaya’ Pt. I. ch. II. 49-50 ;) cf. Coomaraswamy, ‘Pāli Kaṇṇikā—Circular Roof Plate’; JAOS, 50, pp. 238-243. Although the Āmalaka has no place in the South Indian Vimāna as a whole, its shape, though modified, is yet recognisable as part of the capital of Pallava and Cola pillars.