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CHAPTER VII THE ANTARALA (i) The early examples in Gujarat The ground plans of the temples of Gujarat resolve themselves into two kinds; those in which the two main compartments i. e. Garbhagrha and Mandapa are cojoined so as to unite the entire plan within a parallelogram and those in which each compartment is attached diagonally by means of the architectural device known as Antarala or Kori. The antarala here becomes an independent compartment which cojoins the Garhhagrha and the Mandapa. In such a case it has its ground plan and a superstructure too. In most of the pre-Caulukyan temples the garbhagriha and the mandapa are cojoined in such a way that they unite within a parallelogram. But in the case of temples having circumambulatory around the garbhagriha and an aisle around the nave of the mandapa, the front portion before the garbhagriha gives rise to an illusion of the antarala. But in fact they simply represent the cojoined portions of the circumambulatory and the mandapa, where as the antarala is altogether a distinct chamber added between the garbhagrha (with or without circumambulatory) and the mandapa. In the case of the temples at Kadvar, Sutrapada, Visavada (Sun temple), Srinagar (Devi temple), Khimesvara, Suvan etc. the juncture of the circumambulatory and the adjoining aisle of the mandapa creates the illusion of antarala, The temple at Kalsar presents perhaps, a solitory examples of antarala in case of pre-Caulukyan temples. Here the both rectangular garbhagrha and mandapa are cojoined diagonally by means of a narrow slit like antarala,

The Antarala 365 But during the Caulukyan period the antarala, as an intermediate chamber as vestibule, is found frequent. Several Caulukyan temples such as the old (extinct) temple of Somanath, the Navlakha temple at Ghumali, Sunak, Girnar (Neminatha) etc. are provided with antarala, (ii) Canonical principles discerned. In ground plan it is mostly rectangular. The later canonical works have laid down few canons pertaining to its width etc. The ground plan of the antarala is very plain. The projections of the garbhagriha and the mandapa leave little scope for any external projections of the antarala. The antarala is conspicuous by its absence in the early works on architecture. It implies that this component was probably introduced at a late stage. Among the canonical works the Aparajitapriccha lays down a few canons about its plan. The measurement of its width is given in relation to the width of the shrine. The prescribed ratio is 2:1; 3:1; 4: 1; 5:1; 5:2; or 10:3. Any one of these ratios may be followed. The Prasada mandana follows the canons precribed by Aparajitapriccha 2 Some of the extant Caulukyan temples display the ratio of 2:1 in the case of the ground plan of the antarala. The temples. at Ghumali (Navalakha), Sunak (Nilkantha). Dhinoj, Girnar (Neminatha), Bhadresvara, Sejakapur (Jain temple) Bhimnath (Surya temple) etc. illustrate the former ratio; while temples at Prabhas (Sun temple ), Virta ( Nilkantha) Kasara (Triple-shrine) Harasiddh (Old temple), Baradia (Rama temple), Visavada (Nilakantha) etc. are the examples of the latter ratios. 1. Aparajitapriccha CXXXVIII, 16-19; 2. Pasada-mandana lil, 29.