The Hindu Temple v2.c12.204

v2.c12.204

The buttresses, in their Jaṅghā portion, which is the wall proper of the temple, have the appearance of pillars. Of equal height however is the Vedi with its heavy mouldings, above an Adhiṣṭhāna which vehemently projects towards the ground (Fig. on p. 260). The mouldings of the base and the perpendicular Vedikā are fused in a vertical sequence of profiles. They are rigid and ponderous in every unit and require to be seen as support and receptacle of the shade which they harbour and the light which they absorb. Although in name and shape the several mouldings are the same as for instance on the Adhiṣṭhāna and Vedikā of the temples in Khajuraho (Figs. on pp. 259-60) by the modifications of proportion and position their effect is altogether different. In Khajuraho light and shade are disciplined by the architectural volumes (Pl. III).