The Hindu Temple v2.c13.s1.74

v2.c13.s1.74

The ‘Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra’ has much to say about various kinds of the Sarvatobhadra. In chapter XLIX. 107, the plan of this building has a certain affinity with the Sarvatobhadra of the V. Dh. for it includes Prāsādas in the corners (Karṇa-prāsāda) whereas the earlier texts seem to refer to one building only without the addition of subservient structures. The Sarvatobhadra of SS. XLIX, however, has no further resemblance to that of the V. Dh. It is like the other temples of that chapter, a ‘hall temple’ consisting of a small centre (devakoṣṭha) over four parts out of the 100 parts of the square field (kṣetra) of its total extent which is occupied by three concentric Ālindas with their pillars, etc., and Prāggrivas of the façades. The Prāsādas of chapter XLIX are not exclusively temples. They form part of royal establishments where their plan is adopted to various uses which are described in chapter LI.