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 Structural Temples of Gujarat of all the mouldings in the walls. Similarly the mandovara of the temples at Dwarka (Rukamani), Baradia, Khandosan, and Girnar (Triple-shrine ) contain all the mouldings.
Some large and storied temples correspondingly have two, three or even more storeys in the maņdovara, In the storied building, the upper storey successively decreased in height, so the manqovara of the first, second or third storey correspondingly requires less height. By omitting the lower mouldings likeKumbhaka and Kalsa and repeating certain upper mouldings like-Kevāla, Janghā, Udagama, Bharani comparatively of less height than the former one the height of the upper storey is diminished. In such a case the upper most moulding Kūta Chādya is taken to upper most storey.
The walls of the temple at Ghumali, Sejakapur, Tarnga, Shamalaji, Somanatha (extinct contain two storeys and so they have repeated mouldings of Jarghā etc. with a lesser height. The Dwarkadhisa temple at Dwarka is a five storeyed building, consequently its maņdovara has five storeys each having its moulding repeated from Janghā to bharani with its height decreasing at each upper storey.
(ii) Canonical principles discerned.
The propertionate measurement of the height of the wall of the garbbagriha in relation to the width of walli and to the width of the garbhagsiba? have been prescribed by the early works but they do not lay down any rules pertaining to the mouldings and their measurements.
Sm. Su, enumerates the names of various mouldings3 of the wall-face but particulars supplied about their units of measurements and dimensions are not so much fitting to the extant temples of Gujarat.
1. M. P. CCLXIX, 16-17. 2. Ibid. 21-22; Ag. P. XLII, 3. 3. They are jarghā antarapatra, mekhalā, varandikā, andaka grāsapatti, stambha, bharaṇa, śīrşka, patta, chädya etc.