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After the appearance in print of the Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (EITA) South India Volume I Part 4 logically and as planned Part 5 was slated to appear. This most complex and difficult of the volumes which presents an annotated and illustrated glossary of Southern Indian architectural terms is now published. In each of the preceding publications (Parts 14) a glossary was appended but detailed discussion of the terms and the logic of their interconnections was reserved for the final Part namely this publication. The essay Parts 14 were contemplated for updating the information on regional and period styles and to an extent for demonstrating how the terms are to be used in describing the temples. This publication provides photographic images and drawings of architectural components that demonstrate the variations in configuration (and decorative detail wherever available). The glossary is arranged according to the logic of temple construction and ordering of the parts of the sacred building. The glossary begins with a description of the procedure for examining the building site followed by an exposition of terminology relevant to the floor plan the kinds of measuring tools units and measurements involved. These preliminaries are followed by a detailed discussion of the morphology of the sanctuarybuilding and the order of horizontal components from the foundation to the finial. After listing the terminology of the structure of the sanctum this volume elucidates the terminology for understanding the kit of parts that make up other structures in South Indian temple complexes including halls subsidiary shrines ancillary buildings the cloister and finally the templecompound walls and their gateways. About the Author Professor M. A. Dhaky (19272016) a recipient of the Padma Bhushan India's thirdhighest civilian award is an internationally renowned historian of temple art and architecture. Professor Dhaky was Director Emeritus of the American Institute of Indian Studies in Gurugram and spent his final years in Ahmedabad. Dhaky formulated initiated and guided the research and documentation for the monumental project the Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture fourteen volumes of which have been published by the American Institute of Indian Studies. He edited four of the volumes and authored one himself. Dhaky also edited the Nirgrantha a trilingual research journal and published eleven books and more than 325 research articles. His publications on Indian monuments combine textual scholarship with observations of architecture and sculpture. Dhaky’s masterly work on the ceilings (vitanas) of the temples of Gujarat exemplify this coordination of Vastu texts and field research. His publications on The Vyala figures on the Medieval Temples of India (1965) The Indian Temple Forms in Kar?a?a Inscriptions and Architecture (1977) The Temples in Kumbhariya (2002) and The Indian Temple Traceries (2005) will continue to inspire students of Indian art. His essay “Prasada as Cosmos” published in the Adyar Library Bulletin (1971) articulates the symbolism of the temple and its varied architectural parts. In addition to his mastery of temple architecture Professor Dhaky was a scholar who wrote in three languages and on many subjects including aesthetics Jain philosophy metaphysics and hymnology North Indian and Carnatic Classical Music horticulture gemology and embroidery. Professor Dhaky’s many honors include the Campbell Memorial Gold Medal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai in 1994 R.C. Parikh Gold Medal of the Gujarat Itihas Parishad Ahmedabad 2006 Ranjitram Gold Medal and Gujarat Sahitya Sabha Ahmedabad 2011. He was awarded Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 2010. With his passing in July 2016 the world of Indian art history lost one of its greatest scholars
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