We know that persons belonging to various places donated gold and other thing in temple which were at very distance from their native. Such donation is recorded is seen in the following inscription. The inscription is at the south wall of a Viṣṇu temple of Govindapātī village near Arakkonam. The record belongs to be…
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VṚTTA SPHUṬITAM

There are so many elements prescribed in Vāstu scriptures to decorate a Vimāna. Such an element is Vṛtta sphuṭa. The definition of the same is prescribed in Kāmikāgama as एवं कुम्भलता प्रोक्ता वृत्तस्फुटितमुच्यते षडष्टदशभिर्भानुमनुवैकारमात्रकैः ११९ व्यासतारार्धनिष्क्रान्ता द्वित्र्यंशं वा द्विभागिकम् वृत्ताकारं समं चेत्तु तोरणाङ्घ्रिवदायतम् १२० सकन्धरं तदूर्ध्वे तु शुकनास्या विभूषितम् वृत्तस्फुटितमत्रोक्तं द्युस्थसद्मविभूषितम् १२१ The…
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