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The Architectural Treatment of the Mandovara
399 But the canonical works like APPR., 4 KSR (MS).,5 Dipā, 6 PM.? etc. have given full treatment of the wall mouldings and their units of measurements under the head of maņdovara.
All these texts more or less agree in respect of the nomenclature, while prescribing the units of measurements of defferent types of maņạovara such as Nāgara, Meru etc.
It will be interesting to note here that the formulae prescribed for the mouldings of the maņdovara by these works apply to the Caulukyan temples of Gujarat to a large extent. As described above all the Caulukyan temples have followed these mouldings from bottom to top with slight variations due to the rare additions and omissions and repetitions in the case of multiplication of storeys in it. The maņďovara of the temple at Modhera has proved to be the best illustration indicative of its full-fledged form.
Two types of manqovara seem prevailing in Gujarat.
As indicated by the number of the mouldings the mandovaras of the temples at Modhera, Sunak, Sander etc. belong to the Nāgara type amongs the different types of the maņdovaras described in the canonical works.
The mandovara of the storeyed temples is classed under the Meru type in canonical works. The maņdovaras of the storeyed temples like those at Ghumali. Sejakapur, Somnātha (extinct), Taranga, etc. illustrate this type.
Prastara
Just above the Kuaţachadya of the mandovara is superimposed an entablature known an Prastāra. In the case of a shrine with a curvilinear śikhara the entablature rests simply on the walls of the shrine. It generally consists of several mouldings such as Kumbha, Karņa, Chādya, Karņikā, Patřikā, Antarapatra etc.
4. APPR. CXXVI, CXXVII. 5. KSR. (MS) CIV, CVII.
6. Dipā V. 7. PM. III.
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