The Hindu Temple v2.c13.s1.36
The Hindu Temple v2.c13.s1.36
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v2.c13.s1.36
THE FIFTH GROUP. The fifth group of temples (verses 77-81) are most particularly Liṅga temples, not only because they house a Liṅga (as the temples of the second group also, verse 19) but because they themselves have the shape of a Liṅga. They would thus be circular shrines; one might think of the Maniyar Math in Rajgir. These shrines have from one to three Mekhalās, they have a ridged roof (Valabhī) and one of these temples, called Sarvakīṭa, has a Kūṭa and Valabhī.