History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c47.74.4

v2.c47.74.4

Here the upper arc and the sidewings have formed a separate figure in which under a pointed arch there are three medallions, circular in shape but the peripheries of which intersect. The plastering of the temple of Jagannātha and the total destruction of ornaments of the exterior of the Vimāna and the Jagamohana have made it impossible to judge the shape of the chaitya-window used in these two structures. The final form of the chaitya-window in Orissan buildings is to be found in the plinth of the Vimāna of the Sūrya Deul at Konārak. The chaitya-window forms a bold projection in the plinth moulding, the Pāda, just below the Kumbha, and stands chastely apart between the larger Kumbhas in projection. From the top of it rises a long projection, which ends in a rectangular sunken panel, containing a meandering creeper which ends just below the Basanta.¹