The Hindu Temple v2.c13.s1.5

v2.c13.s1.5

The Sāmānya Prāsāda (Ch. LXXXVIII) is divided in three equal parts, in its vertical section. They are : Jagatī (Vasudhā), the socle or platform; Kaṭi, the wall, and Mañjarī, the superstructure. Other names of the third and topmost part of the temple in the V. Dh. are : Talpa, Kūṭa, Śṛṅga, Valabhī and Śikhara. But for the last term, the various names refer to temples forming the first and the second group within the 100 temples.