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For the effect on Hindu temples of Islam’s arrival in South Asia and Southeast Asia, see:
Meister، Michael W. (مارس 2006). "Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. ج. 65 ع. 1: 26–49. DOI:10.2307/25068237. JSTOR:25068237.
Stella Kramrisch (1946). The Hindu Temple. Motilal Banarsidass. ص. 135, context: 40–43, 110–114, 129–139 with footnotes. ISBN:978-81-208-0223-0. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-04-12., Quote: "The [Hindu] temple is the seat and dwelling of God, according to the majority of the [Indian] names" (p. 135); "The temple as Vimana, proportionately measured throughout, is the house and body of God" (p. 133).
George Michell (1977). The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms. University of Chicago Press. ص. 61–62. ISBN:978-0-226-53230-1. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-04-12.; Quote: "The Hindu temple is designed to bring about contact between man and the gods" (...) "The architecture of the Hindu temple symbolically represents this quest by setting out to dissolve the boundaries between man and the divine".
Stella Kramrisch (1946). The Hindu Temple. Motilal Banarsidass. ص. 19–43, 135–137, context: 129–144 with footnotes. ISBN:978-81-208-0223-0. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-10-31.
سوهاج كاك[الإنجليزية], The axis and the perimeter of the temple. Kannada Vrinda Seminar Sangama 2005 held at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles on November 19, 2005.