The Griva and sikhara above are circular.
The Griva too is abbreviated
The Griva and sikhara are,
The Griva and sikhara of the square vimana are hexagonal,
but with octagonal Griva and sikhara and stupi on top.
the angas that are lacking being the prastara and Griva.
square in its tolas and octagonal in the Griva sikhara region;
as also the Griva and sikhara above, is circular in section.
Though the talas are square, the Griva and sikhara are octagonal,
in many cases the Griva and sikhara may assume the octagonal,
or has such a plan in its Griva and sikhara, is Vesara.
the stupi over the octagonal Griva and sikhara being made of polished black basalt.
are examples of the kind where the Griva and sikhara are circular in section,
dvitala square kuta vimanas with octagonal Griva and sikhara, all of them memorial shrines,
The main vimana, extant only up to the Griva, the sikhara and stupi having been lost,
instead four Nandis placed at the four corners with the octagonal Griva and sikhara rising up from the midst.
applique on the harmya of the second tola and on the Griva above, and made up of four karnakutas at the corners
The top of the third tola carrying the grihapindi or base of the Griva has four Nandis at the four corners or vidiks.
The four Nandis on the corners of the top tula round the base of the Griva indicate the date and the dedication of the temple to Siva.