The Hindu Temple v2.c12.42

v2.c12.42

All the Śṛṅgas are crowned by two Āmalakas (two ‘aṇḍakas’; ‘aṇḍaka’-‘āmalaka’; S.S. LVII. 358) and a Kalaśa (some having disappeared); those of the bottom row are placed at the height of the apex of the Siṃhakarṇa above the Bhadra; those in the higher rows attain each to their own level and form horizontal clasps on the body of the Śikhara, in response to the stronger and unbroken bands of the Mekhalās on the walls of the Prāsāda. Each Śṛṅga is a replica of the Mūlamañjarī, the principal Śikhara, which emerges from the cluster of its acolytes at the height of the third Karṇaśṛṅga; there its corner is seen to spring upward, strong with many Bhūmis, whereas its full shape rises gradually above the Āmalaka of the highest Uromañjarī.