1) Indian architecture 
From the sanskrit words Pancha (=five) and Aayatana (=god). ...[temple] An hindu temple is a Panchayatana one when the main shrine is surrounded by four subsidiary shrines. The origine of the name are the sanskrit words Pancha (=five) et Yatana (=god). Generally, the hindu temple are built along a west-east axis. So the four subsidiary shrines are at the north-east, south-east, south-west, north-west. ...