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The Architectural Forms of temples 313 varify the texts within reference to existing monuments, the
Dravidian temples are not hexagonal or octagonal in ground
plan. This supports our contention that the shape ( or
geographical regions) are not the criterian of different modes
of expression. From the exisiting monuments it can be derived
that the Dravida temples are the: square temples surmounted
by a Sikhara which are divided into compartments like storeys,
on the top of which are two kinds of crowing pieces, one
like that on the Shore Temple at Mamalapuram, and the other
like the one in Ganesa Ratha of that place. All the manuals
on V膩stu-艢膩stra especially those belonging to the Maya
school or Dravida School, describe temple divisons on the basis
of the storeys in the Sikharas which might be 12 (or 12 to 17)
in number. The crowning peice is called the St奴pi with Kala艣a.
The Sm. Su. in this respect has exactly followed the Southern
text and so its representation pertaining to this style is quite
fitting to the existing monuments of South.
The Aparajitap峁沘ccha divides temples into two main
groups 121
(a) those belonging to Sudhachanda comprising eight
varieties 122 viz.,
(1) N膩gara
(2) Dravida
(3) Var膩峁璦
(4) Mi艣raka
(5) Latina
(6) Sandh膩ra
(7) Vim膩na
(8) Bh奴mija
121 APPR. Cill, 1-3, CXII. 2-3, 13-15.
122. APPR. CLV, CLVII,