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The Ground Plan of the Mandapa The entrance to the maņdapa.
In case where the maņdapa is enclosed by walls it is provided with one, two or three entrance door ways. The ratio of the height of the entrance to that of the shrine door is prescribed as follows. The entrance to the maņdapa may be equal in width to that of the shrine proper, but exceeds in height by 1, } or 1 30 or it should be 11, 13, 14 or twice the door of the shrine proper i. e. girbhagriha. 3 1
In the case of pre-Caulukyan temples such as at Khimesvar, Navidhraved, Dhrasanvel, Balej as well as in the case of the Caulukyan temples such as at Modhera, Somanātha ( extinct), Taranga, Girnar (Neminātha ) etc. the height of the entrance door way is mostly found exceeding slightly that of the shrine door, as specified above.
The projection of Mandapa.
The ground plan of the maņdapa should be in straight line ( HF) with that of the upper surface of the pitha and the mouldings of the basement of the shrine should correspond to those of the basement of the mandapa.
Further, the projections of the maņdapa should either be of 4th, $ or equal to the (length wise ) space occupied by the projecting portion.3 2
The Mandapa may have Gvākṣa ( with lattice) at the bhadra projection. In the case of the Gūdha mandapa the Gvākṣa should be open. It is known as Candravalokana ( balcony ).33
The number of the pillars in a mandapa is one of the determinant factors for its sub-varieties prescribed in the canons.
30. Sm. Su. LXVI. 20.
31. Sm. Su. LXVII. 97-98. 32. PM. VII. 19 also APPR. CLXXXVI, 21 (i). 33. PM. VII. 20.
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