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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The Ground Plan of the Mandapa
371 At time it may be double or 13 times of the width of the garbhagļiha. Various intermediate proportions are also given in the same text. 2 2
The other measurements as to the width of the manqapa are laid down by APPR, 23 PM 24 and Dipā 2 5
The PM. & Dipā prescribe five-fold ratio of the width of the mandapa to that of garbhagļiha, namely 1:1, 5:4, 3:2, 7:4 and 2:1, while APPR26 adds two more viz. 9:4 and 5:2.
In the case of the Pre-Caulukyan temples such as at Navidhraveda and Kalsar the approximate ratio of the width of the mandapa to that of the garbhagriha is 7:4; at Bhansar it is 2:1, at Suvan, Pasanvada (Sūrya temple ) it is 9:4 and at Balej, Pasanavada (Gāyatri temple), Srinagar (Devi temple) and Sutrapada it is 5:2 as prescribed by the canons. However, in the case of certain temples tlie ratio of width of the mandapa exceeds that given in the prescribed formulae. The ratio of the breadth of the mandapa to that of garbhagriha in the temples at Dhrasanvel (Kālikāmātā), Khimeśvar and Ranavav is 3:1.
In the case of the Caulukyan temples the approximate ratio of the width of the maņdapa to that of the garbhagļiha of the temples at Miyani (Jain ), Visavada ( Nilkantha ), Sejakapur (Śiva temple) and Kasara (Triple shrined ) is 3:2; at Lovarali, Visavada Siddhanātha ) and Sejakapur, Harasiddha (old), Manoda, Girnar (Triple shrine), Than (Sürya temple), Taranetar, Sejakapur (Jain) and Kanoda, it is 2:1; at Prabhas (Sürya temples on the bank of Hiranya and Triveni, and Rudreśvara), Miyani (Nilakantha), Kuchhadi, Baradia, Tukada, Viramgam, and Kheda ( Kaccha ) it is 9:4; at Delmal, and Dhinoja it is 5:2 as prescribed by the canons.
22. Sm Su. LXVII. 1-4. 23. APPR. CLXXXV. 24. PM. 11, 4,
25. Dipā X, 2. 26. APPR. CLXXXV, 1-3.