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Vol-1 XXIX
BHŪMIJA CLASS TEMPLE AT GAĻATESVARA, SARNAL
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small necks; above this, the shaft is square for one-third of the height, then octagonal for half of this height; followed by a little smaller belt of sixteen sides; this is followed by a circular shaft decorated with a band of kirtimukhas. These grasa-mukhas are less stylistic than the kirtimukha form depicted in the grasa-paṭṭika. The sur-capital is in the shape of a vase and brackets are decorated with volutes and dwarf.
the kumbhaka of the Manḍovara and so on. As per plan, the shape of the kumbhi is akin to that of the shape of wall of the garbhagṛha. Sometimes, kevala and grāsapaṭṭī are carved above the kumbhi.
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Thus the pillars of the temple can be divided into 3 parts-At the bottom is Kumbhi, then shaft over it and finally the capital. In larger temples, on the capital is a dwarf pillar, known as 'Ucchalak'. This is why the pillars appear with double capitals. The form of the pillar is similar to the form of the Mandovara, i.e. kumbhi is comparable with
The 'stambha-danda ghāṭ' (shaft portion) shows square, octagonal, sixteen sided polygonal or a circular shape. A pillar with any of these profiles in plan has a specific term/name according to the traditional terminlogy. But as the pillars of our temple possess all these shapes together, as we go from bottom to top, they are known as 'miśrak ghāṭ stambha' (composite-type of pillar).
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