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416 BRAHMANICAL CAVE-TEMPLES.
and further protecting the hall from rain and sun by projecting
eaves, a large portion of the front was left open, the "whole, indeed,
except in front of the side aisles. In this case the entrance is
21 feet wide, divided into three by two pillars. These pillars have
simple bases, square shafts, the upper part of each ornamented
with arabesques, birds, &c. The capitals are circular, and so much
in the style of those at Elephanta as to suggest no great difference
of age,1 and the brackets are similar to those over the back columns
in Cave XVI. at Ajanta.
The hall measures 42 feet 1 inch wide by about 24J feet deep, the
roof being supported, as in Cave II., by two rows of four columns,
each parallel to the front and similar to those in the verandah.
It is divided into compartments by imitation joists and rafters. In
the first, immediately within the middle entrance, are a pair of
figures (a Yaksha and Apsarasa), the male having sword and shield;
in the next or central compartment is a lotos; and the rest are plain.
The shrine is irregular in shape, varying from 6 feet 11 inches
to 8 feet 3 inches deep, by 9 feet 6 inches wide, and contains a
square altar or chavarahga, with a small linga or phallic emblem of
Siva in it.
The fourth cave at Badami is the Jaina one, and will be noticed
in its proper place.
1 See First Arch. Report, Plate XX., Fig. 1.
and further protecting the hall from rain and sun by projecting
eaves, a large portion of the front was left open, the "whole, indeed,
except in front of the side aisles. In this case the entrance is
21 feet wide, divided into three by two pillars. These pillars have
simple bases, square shafts, the upper part of each ornamented
with arabesques, birds, &c. The capitals are circular, and so much
in the style of those at Elephanta as to suggest no great difference
of age,1 and the brackets are similar to those over the back columns
in Cave XVI. at Ajanta.
The hall measures 42 feet 1 inch wide by about 24J feet deep, the
roof being supported, as in Cave II., by two rows of four columns,
each parallel to the front and similar to those in the verandah.
It is divided into compartments by imitation joists and rafters. In
the first, immediately within the middle entrance, are a pair of
figures (a Yaksha and Apsarasa), the male having sword and shield;
in the next or central compartment is a lotos; and the rest are plain.
The shrine is irregular in shape, varying from 6 feet 11 inches
to 8 feet 3 inches deep, by 9 feet 6 inches wide, and contains a
square altar or chavarahga, with a small linga or phallic emblem of
Siva in it.
The fourth cave at Badami is the Jaina one, and will be noticed
in its proper place.
1 See First Arch. Report, Plate XX., Fig. 1.