In recent years four palm-leaf manuscripts on the famous Konärak Temple have been brought to light. The English translations of these manuscripts with introductory notes have been published in the book entitled New Light on the Sun Temple of Konärak1 It is said that all the manuscripts were discovered "in a careful survey conducted by Padmasri Pandit Sadashiva Rath Sarma of Puri in thirty-two villages in the Konärak area, which took him the better part of eight years." One of these manuscripts deals with the Architecture of the Konärak Temple. The text raises problems which are briefly discussed in the present paper.

  • 1. Alice Boner, Sadashiva Rath Sarma and R. P. Das, New Light on the Sun Temple of Konärak, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Varanasi, 1972 ( hereafter abbreviated as NLSTK ).