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CANONS & SYMBOLISM
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'' The mandovara with its thirteen members placed in order is shown in
(fig. XXXIV, p. 507). The word mandovara seems to be a local one current in western India and a corrupt form of Sanskrit mandapa-vara or mand apa-dhara. The mandovara actually is the bhitti or the outer wall supporting the roof which covers the mandapa or the mandapas in the präsdda (fig. XXXIV, 1). Satradhåra Mandana describes four types of mandovara, namely the någara, meru (fig. XXXIV, 2), sämänya (fig. XXXIV, 3) and prakāräntara,
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FIG. XXXI. Plan of a temple. (After Bhagwandas Jain.) 1, balánaka; 2, śrngåra-catuski; 3, ranga-mandapa; 4, nava-caruski; 5, dvara; 6, catuṣki; 7, güdha-mandapa; 8, jagati;
9. garbha-grha; 10, dvåra
The sikhara is the spherical roof rising like an inverted cup over a building. Above the dome it comprises the sikhara, Sikha, sikhänta and Sikhāmani (fig. XXXV), or it can otherwise be divided as chádya, Sikhara,
1 P.K. Acharya, Dictionary of Hindu Architecture, London etc., 1927, p. 588.
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