Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c56.72
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c56.72
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With this very brief exposition of the architectural origins of temple structure, we can not refrain from commenting that all these are representative of the philosophical idea behind the temple as a spiritual institution from the Orthodox Hindu point of view. The Hindu Temple, the Prāsāda, is not only a symbolic representation of the supreme reality in both the manifested and un-manifested forms, but also is the sum total of all the basic architectural origins, a brief notice of which has been taken in the previous pages. The architectural evolution of the Hindu Temple is synchronous with the philosophical speculations of Hindus.