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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
The Pillar-bracket of the temple at Punvrano gad岣� have
figures of men and lions.52
The Pillar-bracket of the small deserted temple called
Muni Bawas at Than has a four armed figure each figure
different from others or in a different position. One is a Ganpati,
another has a dog's face on his stomach and holds the mouth
of it open with his fingers, one has his head turned down-
wards and his back outwards and supports upper member of
the bracket with his feet, some gape, and most of them are
conical or whimsical.53
The brackets of the columns of the mandapa of the
Bhuvanesvar Mahadeva temple at Bhuvad are plain, but a
plinth of nine to ten inches deep above the bracket is carved
with raised geometrical pattern. 84
(c) Arches.
Fretted ornamental arches in the temples of the Caulukyan
period menifest two purposes, firstly they flow like a garland
from shaft to shaft and thus join the pillars arranged octagonally,
triangularly or in a square or rectangular position and secondly
they contribute the charm of the whole scheme.
At Modhera the arches spring out from the snout of the
makara. 55 Arches of the Modhera type are like its pillars
universal. They are found in the temples at Siddhapur
( Rudram膩la ), 56 Abu (Vimala & Tejapala's temples), Somanath
(extinct), Asoda (Jasmalnatha temple) etc. Much of their
beauty, at Modhera, is lost by the destruction of little scrolls
that filled the space between the cusps and of the hanging tips
of the cusps. But at Abu, they are illustrated in their complete
form. 57
52. ASWIK. p. 18.
55.
AANG. Plt. LII, LV. Here Fig. 80.
53. MADTD. p. 6.
56.
AANG. Plt. XXXVII. Here Fig. 96.
54. AKK. p. 210.
57.
Here Fig. 119.