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Contents
| 3 | |
| 6 | |
Different shapes of building sites | 13 |
Construction of the portal | 21 |
Ornamental composition of the portal | 29 |
The main temple vimāna | 61 |
Anurahas 110 | 63 |
Rāhās | 74 |
Anartha of the Padmagarbha | 88 |
Upper part of the rāhā | 95 |
Kāmakalā yantra | 103 |
Parirāhā | 110 |
Types of lions | 116 |
Sculptural decoration | 122 |
304 | 142 |
675 | lxviii |
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Common terms and phrases
according adorned amalaki anartha anurāhā appear architecture band bandhanā base beautiful beginning Bhuvaneśvara body building called carved central centre circle construction corners covering creepers decorated described divided divine divisions elements equal established face field figures five four fourth front gives ground half hand head Hear height horizontal jāngha joined kalaśa khāndi kinds known koņaka kumbha length lines lion lower lowest means measure mentioned middle mukhaśālā Nāga narrow niche oblique ornaments pāgas pańcakarma patti pedestal pillars Plate plinth portion projecting rāhā represent roof rules Sakti Šāstras sculptures shape shrine sides śikhara Silpa Prakāśa śloka sometimes spire square standing stone symbolism temple things third triangle universe upper upto vajramastaka various vertical wall width worship yantra तथा तु निम्ने मध्ये यथा शृणु
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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