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Contents
Preface by V S Agrawala | vii |
Introduction by Alice Boner | xiii |
Acknowledgments | lvii |
First Prakasa | 9 |
Layout of the groundplan 61 | 17 |
Construction of the mukhasala wall 153 | 25 |
Pillars 222 | 31 |
284 | 37 |
Padmagarbha and Kamagarbha temples 255 | 84 |
Rahapaga of the Padmagarbha 330 | 90 |
Upper part of the raha 392 | 95 |
Kamabandha 498 | 103 |
Pariraha 586 | 110 |
Types of lions 659 | 116 |
Sculptural decoration 723 | 124 |
Notes | 131 |
Upper stringcourse bandhana 482 | 54 |
Second Prakasa | 61 |
Vimdnamdlim temple general 163 | 78 |
Glossary of Technical Terms | 140 |
List of illustrations | 163 |
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Common terms and phrases
according to rules adorned amalaki anartha anuraha architectural arigulas band bandhana base beautiful bhaga Bhairava Bhuvanesvara bindu called carved centre cheda circle creepers culika damaru decorated Devi dhyana divided divine divisions equal figures five forearm four front garbha garbhaka ground groundplan guna head Hear height horizontal incisions jarigha joined kalasa Kaulacara khandi khura konaka kumbha lengthwise lines lion lotus-petals lower lowest madhya-bindu Mahavidyas mandala Matrkas middle middle-line mudra mukhaSala Naga narrow Natambara niche oblique Orissa ornaments Padmagarbha paga pancakarma patti pattika pedestal pheni pidha pilasters pillar pitha Plate plinth portion raha rathaka rathas rekha right side roof Sakti Sastras Saudhikagama sections shape shrine Sikhara Silpa PrakaSa Silpa Sastras Silpin Siva sloka spire stone tantric third torana triangle type of temple upper upto Vadabhi vajramastaka Vamadeva Varahi temple various vasanta vertical vimana vimanika VisVakarman wall wall-part width worship yantra Yoginis
Bibliographic information
| Title | Silpa Prakasa Medieval Orissan Sanskrit Text on Temple Architecture |
| Authors | Alice Boner, Sadāśiva Rath Śarmā |
| Publisher | Brill Archive, 1966 |
| Length | 471 pages |
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