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Kriyapada .111 with the temple architecture. The concluding stanza of the section quoted below enumerates the topics dealt with. इत्थं यथावदिह तोरणकुड्यनाला: सोपासपञ्जरगवाक्षविशेषकण्ठाः । बेराणि च प्रतितलं शिखराणि सम्यक् प्रोक्तानि मण्डपविशेषयुताः प्रपाश्च ॥ The ceremonial arch of the temple is of three kinds, viz., Makara, Citra and Patra. The first is for the resisdences of Gods, Brahmins and kings while the second and third varieties respectively belong to the houses of Vaişyas and Südras. तोरणं त्रिविधं ज्ञेयं मकरचित्रपत्रके ।
देवद्विजनृपाणां तु शस्त मकरतोरणम् ॥
विशां तु चित्रसंज्ञं स्यात् शूद्राणां पत्रतोरणम् ।।
These can be made of granite, bricks, wooden planks mud etc. Different sculptures like the figures of crocodile, lion, serpents may be used to embellish the arch. The top of the walls also may be decorated with the engravings of creepers, flowers and statues. The roof of the edifice can be of eight types like square, round, conical etc., as are stated in the following lines :
शिखरस्य च संस्थानमष्टधा तच्च कथ्यते ।
चतुरश्रमायताणं वृत्तं वृत्तायतं तथा ।।
शालाकारं षडश्रं चाप्यष्टाशं षोडशाश्रकम् । इत्यष्टौ शिखराकारास्तेषामथ निगद्यते ॥ There are seven varieties of pinnacles a top the roof structure and these are named like Kalinga, Kasmira etc., based on the popularity in different regions. Sopána is the name given for steps constructed in front of shrines halls, theatres etc., and these .. are mentioned as of four types depending on their shape and ornamentation. चतुर्विधः प्रकार: स्यात् त्रिखण्ड शङ्खमण्डलम् । अर्धगोमूत्रकं चाथ वल्लीमण्डलमित्यपि ॥ Then five types of drains through which the water from the sanctum is drained are mentioned. In this connection the sanctum is technically defined as masculine, feminine and neuter depending on the material by which they are constructed. Stones, granites,
