Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s11.4

c4.s11.4

“There are five sorts of gateways, namely, *dwárasób’ha* (the gate of splendour), *dwárasála* (the gate of the mansion), *dwáraprasáda* (the propitious gate), *dwáraharmya* (the gate of the palace), and *dwáragópura* (the turreted gate). The breadth of the principal temple being divided into seven, eight, nine, ten, or eleven parts, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten are to be given to that of the five sorts of *gopuras* respectively. ‘These five sorts are to be employed in as many courts, by which the temple is to be surrounded.”