Structural Temples of Gujarat

SR No.: 006728
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kantilal F Sompura
Publisher: Gujarat University Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 868
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 31 MB

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Sources of Architectural Canons
269 Bhūmilakṣaṇa, Dikasādhana, Āyavyādi etc. are prescribed. Then the resedential architecture; proportionate measurements of Stambha, Dvāra, śālā etc. have been discussed. Some canons about the domestic architecture also have been imparted. The section pertaining to temple architecture deals with the laying of foundation stone and the construction of Pithikā, Maņdapa and Dvāra. Then follow canons about the construction of Vāpi, Kūpa, Tadāga, Udyāna, Durga, and palacial buildings.
Dipārņava
The work is recently published in 1960 A. D. It is edited by Shri Prabhashanker O. Sompura. The editor makes no mention of the MSS. But it seems to have interpolated some verses or perhaps even chapters from other works on architecture. From the fragmentary MSS. in my collection it appears that the editor of the publication has re-arranged the chapters of the work in his own way. Hense it is very difficult to ascertain the original chapters and their sequence.
The work, as presented to us in the form of this publication, begins with the treatment of architectural preliminaries ([Ch. I-II). It is followed by the prescription of Jagati (Ch. III), Pitha (:Ch. IV), Maņdovara (Ch. V), and Dvāra ( Ch. VI). The next chapters deal with Sikhara (Ch. IX, XIX), Maņdapa (Ch. X.) and Samvaraņā (Ch. XI). Chapters XIII-XVIII give particulars about the iconographical features of Hindu deities. Here ends what the editor has styled the former half of the work. The later half (Ch. XX-XXVII)140 of the publication deals with the Jain form of architecture and iconography.
Published from Benaras (1888) and Bombay (1896). 140. Ch. XX of this edition corresponds to Ch. l. in my MS., though Ch. V. of the edition corresponds to Ch. V in my MS. Ch. XIX in my collection deal with the Jirņodhāra vidhi which is absent in this edition.