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dc.contributor.authorDatta, Sambit
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:52:06Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:52:06Z
dc.date.created2014-10-08T06:00:41Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationDatta, S. 2010. Infinite Sequences in the Constructive Geometry of Tenth-Century Hindu Temple Superstructures. Nexus Network Journal: Architecture and Mathematics. 12 (3): pp. 471-483.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26171
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00004-010-0038-0
dc.description.abstract

From its early origins to the tenth century, the Hindu temple embodied a progressive elaboration of a simple formal schema based on a cuboidal sanctum and a solid form of distinctive curvature. The architectural form of the temple was the subject of wide experimentation, based on canonical sacred texts, within the regional schools of temple building in the Indian subcontinent. This paper investigates the practice of this knowledge in the constructive geometry of temple superstructures, with attention focused on the canonical rules for deriving the planar profile of a temple using a mandala (proportional grid) and the curvature of the sikhara (superstructure) using a rekha sutra (curve measure). This paper develops a mathematical formulation of the superstructure form and a detailed three-dimensional reconstruction of a tenth-century superstructure, based upon computational reconstructions of canonical descriptions. Through these reconstructions, the paper provides a more complete explanation of the architectural thinking underlying superstructure form and temple ornamentation.

dc.publisherBirkhauser, Springer
dc.subjectHindu temples
dc.subjectmathematical sequences
dc.subjectarchitectural geometry
dc.subjectdigital reconstruction
dc.titleInfinite Sequences in the Constructive Geometry of Tenth-Century Hindu Temple Superstructures
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume12
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage471
dcterms.source.endPage483
dcterms.source.issn1590-5896
dcterms.source.titleNexus Network Journal: Architecture and Mathematics
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curtin.departmentSchool of Built Environment
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
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