Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary)
by D. N. Shukla | 1960 | 15,592 words | ISBN-10: 8121506115 | ISBN-13: 9788121506113
This page describes Terraces (Jagatis) and Jagati-prasadas which is chapter 69-70 English summary of the Samarangana-Sutradhara by Bhoja. This work in Sanskrit representing a voluminous treatise on Vastu-Shastra (the science of Architecture), encompassing a broad range of subjects, such as Architecture, Shilpa-shastra (Iconography, Arts and Crafts) but also deals with Creation-theory, Geography, Philosophu, etc.
Chapter 69-70 - Terraces (Jagatīs) and Jagatī-prāsādas
[Note: This chapter corresponds to the following chapters of the original Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra:
Chapter 69 (Jagatyaṅga-Samudāya, ‘the congregation or collection of the component parts of the jagatī class of temple-buildings) corresponds to Chapter 68,
Chapter 70 (Jagatī-Lakaṣaṇa, ‘the jagatīs defined’) corresponds to Chapter 69]
Jagatis [Jagatīs?] are terraces of raised up platform-like structures and form a class of temple buildings in themselves. In the Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra there is an innovation regarding these structures. They are not exactly the pedestals or socles of the temples, they are rather independent structures, undoubtedly linked with the Prāsāda, the central shrine.
All possible shapes and the measurements together with their types as many as thirty nine arc described in detail, a detailed notice of which has been taken notice of in the study proper (Part V under Jagatī).
N.B.—Thus so far we have summarised the contents relating to the House-architecture (47 Chapters); Temple-architecture (21 chapters) together with the mechanical architecture, Yantra-construction (one chapter) and the construction of the cots and couches (one chapter). Now follow the descriptions of Sculpture and Painting.