The Dravida temple
The South Indian temple: a pyramidal vimana of storeys fringed with miniature shrines, a domed crown, and the gopuram gateway.
The rules it illustrates
The six parts of the elevation. Build the shrine in six parts from the ground up: base (adhiṣṭhāna), wall or pillars (pāda), entablature (prastara), neck (grīva), crowning roof (śikhara) and finial (stūpi).
Storeys of miniature shrines. Raise the vimana in receding storeys (talas), and edge each with a parapet (hara) of miniature shrines: square domed kutas at the corners, oblong barrel-roofed shalas in the middle, and small panjaras between.
Nāgara, drāviḍa, vesara. Classify the temple by the shape of its crown: square is nāgara, octagonal drāviḍa, round (or apsidal) vesara.
The gateway outgrows the shrine. In the later temple towns of the south, raise ever taller gateways (gopurams) in the successive enclosure walls, until the outer gates dwarf the shrine at the centre.
Where it appears in the book
In the styles Hindu Temple: Dravida (South Indian).
In the chapters South and Southeast Asia.