Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.13

c4.s3.13

ancient buildings, and is what the artists call in Tamil *surul-bódhica*, roll capital. I cannot find any particular description of it, except a passage in the *Mánasára*, which says, “the projecting ornaments on the sides of the capital are made either in the form of an inverted apex or of a *chacra*, wheel, or circle.” It is one diameter in height, and projects but three-quarters of the diameter.