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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
APPR. 159 refers to the L膩峁璦 Style. As shown above the Sm.
Su. was perhaps mainly a work of the L膩峁璦 school. The first
classification of temples made in it contains many names quite
different from those found in other works though the general
( traditional) system of dividing them into 5 classes according
to shape (Round, square rectangular, oval, and octagonal)
has been followed. The similarity, however, of some of these
names with those in the Agni P. proves the statement of the
Purana that the "L膩ta temples bear the same name," (though
not exactly). What were the characterstics of this earlier
period may be guessed from the Hayasis艣a panca r膩tram (Ch.-18)
The verses concerned may be rendered as follows:-
鈥淭he L膩峁璦 temples are similar to N膩garas but they differ
in the Karma (construction). Their mas奴rakas (pedastals) and
Kapotakas (mouldings) are square." The distinctive features
are not clear. This is an example of auothers looking on other
159. The Aparajitap峁沜ch膩 confines the N膩gari (N膩gara) style to
Madhyade艣a and further mentions: L膩峁璱 and Vair膩峁璱 (evidently of the
L膩ta and Vair膩峁璦 regions) as separate styles:
N膩gari Madhyade艣a tu L膩t墨 L膩峁璦 Prak墨rttit膩 I
Dr膩vidi dak峁�ine bh膩ga Vair膩峁��� tu Svadesaj膩 [[
L膩峁璱 and Vai峁浤佱弓墨 should however, be considered as ramifications
of the N膩gara style which was current through out Northern India.
(S. K. Sarsavati. 'Origion of Mediaeval temple styles' Indian
Culture Vol. VIII. p. 183 f. note no. 2).
The Brhta Samihita and other texts (like APPR etc.) on the Science
of Architecture specifically mention that the Madhyade艣a was the
centre of the N膩gara style and as Dr. Stella Kramarisch has suggested,
from this centre under the patronage of the respective ruling dynasties,
the specific types of temples built there, were seen to develop local
variations of their own, in the countries to the East (Kalinga) and
West (L膩峁璦) and from the Himalayas in the North to the river
Tungabhadra in the South. (H. T. 1, p. 292. )