The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s8.68

v2.c11.s8.68

¹⁹⁹ On temples where the Latās of the Śikhara exceed in height the Mūlamañjarī especially in the Deccan, the Kīrttimukha is carved at the very end (temple of Jhodga; Amṛteśvar Temple in Ratanvalli, etc.) In Orissa, ‘Deul Caraṇīs’, a particular form of the Lioness, are carved below the Āmalaka. They are related to the Caraṇas, movers at will, floating through the air; they belong to the group of Siddhas, Brahmaṛṣis, Devarṣis, etc. (‘Harivaṃśa’, CXXVI. 2); The ‘Kāśyapaśilpa’, XXVII. 66-69, speaks of the figures of bulls in the corners of the ‘gala’ (neck) such as are to be seen on Pallava and Cola Temples (Kailāsanātha Temple, Conjeevaram, etc.) or of images of the 4 Bhūtas, named Āmoda, Pramoda, Pramukha and Durmukha. Their head-god is Yama (cf. Part III, p. 59, the Pecaka Vāstumaṇḍala).