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MONUMENTS & SCULPTURE A.D. 600 TO 1000
PART TV occur on the pilasters in the trika-mand apa adjoining the corners of the gudha-mandapa.
In lieu of the fanghå the balconies (plate 71) show the mouldings of rajasenaka, vedika, asana-patra and kaksäsāna, decorated with carvings and vibrant figures at the extremities. The grills, which are embellished with rampant vyalas, support dramatic friezes of dance and music under the festoons of makara-torana,
The entire superstructure occurring above the simple bold varand ikä atop the jangha is a modern restoration.
The rajasenaka of the trika-mandapa displays a frieze of Vidya-devis and Gandharvas, besides a bold figure of kumbha-purusa each on the north and south flanks. All the six pillars and four pilasters of the trika are majestic and elegantly carved on the upper portions. The staircase of the mukha-catuski displays on either side figures of Vidya-devis and Yakşas including Gomukha and Brahma-Yakşas.
The ceilings of the interior (plate 72) exhibit an interesting variety. The mukha-catuski has a lenticular kşipta-vitåna of the näbhicchanda order, which occurs on such early temples as Brāhmaṇasvamin temple of Varman, Kāmeśvara temple at Auwa and Mälädevi temple at Gyaraspur. The central ceiling of the trika-mand apa is a samatala-vitana showing compartments carved with a central medallion of danda-rāsa, enciosed by concentric rows of vyālas, dancers and acrobats and ornamental friezes. Its left and right bays carry ksipta-vitānas of the nabhicchanda order with linked gajatalus. The grandest ceiling, however, is that of the octagonal gūdha-mandapa which shows a large kşipta-vitāna of the sabhä-märga order with ten lavishly-carved concentric rings terminating in a padma-kesara. These rings include a row of dwarffigures from which project eight elephant-brackets carrying enchanting apsarases.
The gūdha-mand apa has a doorway of five såkhas carved with patrašakhd, rūpasakha decorated on the flanks with vyalas and apsarases, padmapatreśākha and ratna-sakhd with Nāgas below. The architrave and the rupa-fakha together display in nichestwenty figures of Vidyadevis or Yaksis, of which Rohipl Prajñapati, Vajraśş khalā, Vajrankuša, Padmavati and Nirvani or Mahalaksm! can be recognized on the left side and Mähalaksmi, Månasi, Acchupta, Vairoty... Vajränkušā and Ambíká on the right. A figure of Parsvanátha in dhyadsang
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