Kandariya Mahadeva Temple - Kandariya Mahadeva Temple

Japanese: カンダーリヤ・マハーデーバ寺 - カンダーリヤ・マハーデーバじ（英語表記）Kandārya Mahādēva Temple

A Hindu temple in Khajuraho, India. Built in the early 11th century. The entire temple is made of stone, with the entrance, front hall, worship hall, and main hall arranged on a platform. The roofs of each part gradually rise, and a 50m-high shikhara (tall tower) stands above the main hall, with numerous small shikharas on its sides, all covered in decoration. The exterior walls of the building are intricately segmented with vertical lines at the protruding and recessed corners and horizontal moldings that intersect at right angles to these. On top of this are sculptures of more than 800 gods, divine beasts, heavenly maidens, male and female mithunas, and other figures, giving the temple a bright and vibrant appearance. Stylistically, it is a representative example of Nagara-type architecture.

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Japanese:

インドのカジュラーホにあるヒンドゥー教寺院。 11世紀初頭の建造。全体が石造で，基壇の上に玄関，前殿，拝殿，本殿の順序に並ぶ。各部の屋根は次第に高まり，本殿の上に高さ 50mに及ぶシカラ (高塔) がそびえ，その側面には装飾で埋めつくされた多数の小シカラを伴う。建物の外壁は出隅，入隅の垂直線とこれに直交する水平の繰形とによって複雑に分節され，その上に総数 800体以上の神像，神獣像，天女像，男女合歓のミトゥナ像などの彫像が配置されており，明るい生命力に満ちあふれている。様式的にはナガラ型建築の代表例。

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