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CHAPTER X THE GROUND PLAN OF THE PRADAKŞINĀ PATHA.
(i) The early examples in Gujarat.
Some temples are provided with a pradaksiņāpathai intended for circumambulation (Pradaksinā) around the shrine. Generally it is enclosed by an outerwall running parallel (at least in its general out line if not in detail) to the wall of the garbhagsiba which forms the inner wall for the passage. In that case it is covered either by a separate roof (flat or sloping ) or by the projections of the superstructure of the shrine. In a few cases it is found left open (uncovered) and unenclosed,
The ground plan of the circumambulatory, as discerned in the extant temples of Gujarat may be classified into the following types, according to the plainness or otherwise of its inner and outer sides.
(a) Plain on the inner as well as the outerside, the delineation of the inner and the outer wall being plain.
(b) Externally plain, but containing specific recesses and projections internally (corresponding to those of the inner wall)
(c) Internally plain but containing specific recesses and projections externally (corresponding to those of the outer wall).
(d) containing specific recesses and projections on its inner as well as outer side ( corresponding to those of the inner and the outer wall ).
in a few examples the covered circumamublatory is further surrounded by an open one. attached to the former either on the same level or on a lower level. 1. Also known as · Bhrama', * Bhramaņi' or Bhamati.
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