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# The Hindu Temple

Temple site, vāstu-puruṣa-maṇḍala, measurement, proportions, superstructure types, symbolism, built from Śilpa-śāstras, Purāṇas and Āgamas; plates.

- **Language:** English
- **Date:** 1896–1993 CE
- **Author:** [Stella Kramrisch](https://indike.org/pramana/person/kramrisch)
- **Extent:** 3,432 passages, 244,818 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · 2 vols, Calcutta: University of Calcutta 1946; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and… · In copyright (Stella Kramrisch †1993); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…

## Contents

- [v1 Volume 1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946.v1) — 9 parts
- [v2 Volume 2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946.v2) — 7 parts

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946) · Pramāṇa
