Aparājitapṛcchā

Dialogues on craft, proportion and ornament

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Built as questions put by Aparājita to Viśvakarma — a dialogue form that records what apprentices actually needed to ask.

The text is western Indian and strongest on ornament, mouldings and the articulation of the temple wall, with a level of detail on profile and carving that the systematic treatises pass over quickly.

Because it answers questions rather than laying out a syllabus, it is the best source for the craft reasoning behind decisions the other texts simply state.

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1. 1Mouldings and the base
2. 2Wall articulation and niches
3. 3Śikhara profile
4. 4Craft measure and tools

Read alongside: Mankad, Aparājitapṛcchā (1950)