Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture
by D. N. Shukla | 1960 | 69,139 words | ISBN-10: 8121506115 | ISBN-13: 9788121506113
This page describes Group B: Later Lata Style which is chapter 6 of the study on Vastu-Shastra (Indian architecture) fifth part (Temple architecture). This part deals with This book deals with an outline history of Hindu Temple (the place of worship). It furtherr details on various religious buildings in India such as: shrines, temples, chapels, monasteries, pavilions, mandapas, jagatis, prakaras etc. etc.
Chapter 6 - Group B: Later Lāṭa Style
I. Meru etc. 16 Varieties:
- Meru,
- Kailāśa,
- Sarvatobhadra,
- Vimānachhanda,
- Nandana,
- Svastika,
- Muktakoṇa,
- Śrīvatsa,
- Haṃsa,
- Rucaka,
- Vardhamāna,
- Garuḍa,
- Gaja,
- Siṃha,
- Padma,
- Valabhī.
II. Meru etc.:
- Meru,
- Mandara,
- Kailāśa,
- Triviṣṭapa,
- Pṛthivījaya,
- Kṣitibhūṣaṇa,
- Sarvatobhadra,
- Vimāna,
- Nandana,
- Svastika,
- Muktakoṇa,
- Śrīvatsa,
- Haṃsa,
- Rucaka,
- Vardhamāna,
- Garuḍa,
- Gaja,
- Siṃha,
- Padmaka,
- Nandivardhana.
III. Śrīdhara etc.: 40 Prāsādas of Pure Varieties:
[Favourite to Bhagavatī]
- Śrīdhara,
- Hemakūṭa,
- Subhadra,
- Ripukesarī,
- Puṣpaka,
- Vijayabhadra,
- Śrīnivāsa,
- Sudarśana,
- Kusumaśekhara.
[Favourite to Śiva]:
[Favourite to Brahmī]:
- Padma,
- Pakṣabāhu,
- Viśāla,
- Kamalodbhava,
- Haṃsadhvaja.
[Favourite to Viṣṇu]:
- Lakṣmīdhara,
- Mahāvajra,
- Ratideha,
- Siddhakāma,
- Pañcacāmara,
- Nandighoṣa,
- Anukīrṇa,
- Subhadra,
- Surānanda,
- Harṣaṇa,
- Durdhara,
- Durjaya,
- Trikūṭa,
- Navaśekhara,
- Puṇḍarīka,
- Sunābha,
- Mahendra,
- Śikhiśekhara,
- Vārāṭa,
- Sumukha.
IV. Nanda etc, 10 Mixed Varieties:
- Nanda,
- Mahāghoṣa,
- Vṛddhirāma,
- Vasundhara,
- Mudgaka,
- Vṛhacchāla,
- Sudhādhara,
- Saṃvara,
- Śukanibha,
- Sarvāṅgasundara.
N.B.—The 57th chapter is not only incomplete but seems to be mis-arranged (vide reconstructed scheme of Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra).