The Hindu Temple v2.c12.216

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The Śikhara thus ascends, an array of Śṛṅgas, an array of pillars, progressively diminishing in size, towards the Skandha whose edge repeats the star shaped plan of the temple, 5 pointed in each of the sub-quarters. The Latās ‘transcend’ the shoulder-course of the Śikhara; their arches attaining to the height of the circular ‘neck’, the shaft of the temple, which is clasped by an Āmalaka whose corrugated rim responds in its cusps to the angles of the star-shaped temple.