Principle / Ruledraft· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
The twenty temple types
rul-twenty-temple-typesPrāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhita56.18–27Classical✓ verifiedenumeration and characteristics
- txt-utpala-vivrtion 56.20–28 (quoting Kashyapa, via Bhat)Classical✓ verifiedparallel characteristics
Other attributes
- Rule Class
- taxonomy
- Statement
- Twenty temple types are enumerated (56.18–19) and characterized by shape, storey-count, width and ornament (56.20–27): Meru, Mandara, Kailasa, Vimanacchanda, Nandana, Samudga, Padma, Garuda, Nandivardhana, Kunjara, Guharaja, Vrisha, Hamsa, Sarvatobhadraka, Ghata, Simha, Vritta, Catushkona, Shodashashri, Ashtashri.
- Tag
- CLASSICAL