Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c39: Chapter LXIX.

Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c39

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Chapter LXIX.

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Jagatyaṅga-Samudāya (The congregation or collection of the component parts of the Jagatī class of temple-buildings)

Jagatīs are terraces of raised up platform-like structures and form a class of temple buildings in themselves. In the Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra there is an innovation regarding these structures. They are not exactly the pedestals or socles of the temples, they are rather independent structures, undoubtedly linked with the Prāsāda, the central shrine.

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All possible shapes and the measurements together with their types as many as thirty nine are described in detail, a detailed notice of which has been taken notice of in the study proper (Part V under Jagatī).

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*N. B.* Thus so far we have summarised the contents relating to the House-architecture (47 Chapters); Temple - architecture (21 chapters) together with the mechanical architecture, Yantra-construction (one chapter) and the construction of the cots and couches (one chapter). Now follow the descriptions of Sculpture and Painting.