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The Structural Temples of Gujarat (a) Candrakalā Rekhā.
Rekha i, e. the profile of a spire (śikhara ) above the garbhagriha involves methods of setting out curves. According to one aspect i, e. Candrakalā Rekha, rekha is divided into Khandas which may be as many as three to eighteen giving rise to sixteen varieties in all.o 9
Each Khanda is divided horizontally into several prescribed degits, or parts technically known as Kalā; and vertically into divisions known as Cāra. By means of the prescribed ratio between Kalā and Cāra the profile (Rekha) of the Sikhara is attained. Consequently the total number of Rekhas comes upto (the total number of Kala 16 x the total number of Cāra 16 ) 256 in all. This is one way of arriving at the Rekhās. These 256 Rekhās have specific names of their own.60 (b) Udayakalā Rekhā.
In the other method i. e, in Udayakalā Rekhā, the profile or Rekha of the Sikhara is divided into 5 to 29 Khaņdas, which ultimately give rise to 25 varieties of Rekhās. 6 1
Sm. Su.62 and APPRA 8 have enumerated as many as 364 and 453 varieties of temples respectively.
On examining the extant temples in Gujarat in relation to these numerous varieties, it is found that the temples illustrate at least eleven varieties mentioned in these works, as may be discerned from their ground plans as well as the number of aņdakas of their spires.
Among these varieties of temples a few varieties seem to have been discerned in the extant temples of Gujarat from the view point of the ground plan as well as that of the number of the andakas that they have. 59. For specific particulars of the different varieties vide APPR. Intro. pp. XLIX-LXIV. 60. APPR. CXXXIX, CXL. 61. APXR. CXLI, 2-13. 62. Vide Here ch. 4 Table 'B' f. 311. 63. Ibid Table 'C' p. 316.
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