- In
classical architecture,
hypaethral describes a
building with no roof and with
columns forming a
partial wall. The term
originates from
Latin hypaethrus...
- The
Yogini temples of
India are 9th to 12th
century roofless hypaethral shrines to the yoginis,
female masters of yoga in
Hindu tantra,
broadly equated...
- also
known as Pharaoh's Bed (Arabic: سرير فرعون) by the locals, is a
hypaethral temple currently located on
Agilkia Island in
southern Egypt. The unfinished...
- goddess-like figures. Hirapur's
yogini temple is a
tantric shrine, with
hypaethral (roofless)
architecture as
tantric prayer rituals involve worshipping...
- Shiva. The
Yogini shrines are
usually circular enclosures, and they are
hypaethral, open to the sky,
unlike most
Indian temples. This is
because they were...
-
temples at
other places, it has a
rectangular plan, but like them it is
hypaethral, open to the air. As part of the
Khajuraho Group of Monuments, and because...
-
attained enlightenment) was
erected by
Asoka himself. This
Temple is
hypaethral. Here the
sanctity of the tree is
indicated by
umbrellas and garlands...
- and
elaborate carvings that
attract scholarly attention.
Major extant hypaethral (open air)
temples of the 64
yoginis (Chausathi Jogan) in
India built...
- or
decorum required for
temples of
Jupiter Tonans, that they are to be
hypaethral or open to the sky. The 1st
century poet
Lucan also
mentions the Temple...
- The
Hypaethral Temple, Philae, by
Francis Frith, 1857; from the
collection of the
National Galleries of Scotland....
