The Hindu Temple v2.c12.72
The Hindu Temple v2.c12.72
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The Āsana-paṭṭa with its slanting back in rail form belongs to a stone-bench (cf. Pl. LXXVI) on which the pilgrims may rest in the ambulatory and the hall of the temple. The slanting back is made of round uprights—of bamboo prototype—by twos, and alternating with broad carved posts similar in kind to those of the Vedi and rich in pattern. [A similar Vedi, having a bench with its back sloping outwards, forms the parapet of the high terrace of the Lakṣmaṇa Temple; it connects the four small shrines in the corners (Fig. on p. 255.)]