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Description of Temples
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tures of musicians and dancers. The lower part of sixth consists of an eight-foil kola with mukuli in the sakhas is occupied by a framed figure of Prati- the centre of each foil. The edges of kolas are hāra flanked on either side by a female cauri-bea- adorned with lotus petals. The apical stone is rer. The udumbara is like that seen in the sanctum, gone. From the second course project out eight but the niches depict Ambikä on proper right and bracket figures of four-armed Vidyadharas playing Sarvānubhūti on proper left. The uttaranga is on some musical instruments. From the remains of divided into two registers. The lower register shows eight mortices in the kola course it appears that a double-course round capital of karņika and padma, originally these supported eight bracket figures. topping the stambhafakha on either end. The space
In the east wall of the gädhamandapa is an empty between the capitals is filled with the lotus scroll
khattaka. band carried over this member from the patralakha, and a row of Maladharas facing the lalafabinsba Mukhamandapa which depicts a padmāsana Jina in dhyānamudra. The upper register is like a cornice with geese in
Rectangular on plan this compartment is landed
up from the rangamandapa by a flight of three pair on its extrados.
steps. It also shares its pitha with the mālaprāsāda. The interior of the gūdhamand apa is square Divided into three bays it consists of six pilasters having its wall reinforced by eight pilasters arran- and two pillars arranged east-west in two lines of ged in an octagon and supporting a carved domical
four each. The pillars are of the square type. Their
four n an octagonal frame of architraves. Two base consists of a khura, a kumbha decorated with of these pilasters have a square base made up of half diamonds, and a kalasa. The shaft has four a khura, a kumbha decorated with half diamonds and
sections, viz. square, octagonal, sixteen-sided and a kalata. Their shaft has four sections, viz. square,
circular, the first being the longest and the last
circular. the first be octagonal, sixteen-sided and circular, the first being the shortest. The capital consists of a doublethe longest and the last the shortest. The capital has
course round bharani of karnika and padma, sur
conrea a double-course round bharaṇi of karpika and padma mounted by four-armed brackets carried by (almost like a cushion), surmounted by kicaka kicakas. The pilasters are like the pillars, but the brackets. The other six pilasters have similar base kicaka-brackets are replaced by roll brackets and and capital as we find in the above two pilasters, the circular section of the shaft is clasped by a but the shaft-corners on the two-third upper kirttimukha-band. The architraves are divided portion are broken into two angles. The archit into two fasciae, the lower showing foliate scrolls raves are divided into two fasciae, the lower which issue from the mouth of a kirttimukha carved showing foliate scrolls which issue from the mouth in the centre, and the upper being plain. In the of a kirttimukha carved in the centre, and the upper centre of their underside is carved in low relief a having representation of saw-tooth pattern. In lotus medallion comprising two rows of petals. the centre of their underside is carved in low Square on plan each bay has a ceiling made by relief a lotus medallion having one row of petals cutting off the corners, comprising three tiers of and a central circle.
nine stones. The central stone is divided into two The domical ceiling, which is introduced above concentric circles, the central circle accommodaeach pilaster of the octagon by a square stone ting an open lotus. block adorned with diamonds, is composed of six
Rangamapdapa circular courses (Fig. 116). The first in karşadadarika surmounted by a kiritimukha-band. The From what now remains of the rangamandaba it second depicts images of lalitāsana goddesses appears that originally it consisted of eight pillars alternating with Kinnaras. The third, fourth disposed along the three sides of a square nave, and fifth consist of gajatālus, each surmounted by while its fourth side was shared by the mukhama. four decorative bands of diamond-and-bead, lotus dapa. Six central pillars of the rangamandapa petal, diamond, aud lotus petal respectively. The along with two pillars of the mukhamandapa formed
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