sukanasika
(also sukanasa or sukhanasi), Integral forward projection of the tiers of the superstructure below the griva and amalaka level in northern prasada’s coming over the antarala and forming its roof; has a nasika front, enclosing bas-relief sculptures inside the arch.
In adaptions in the southern vimana types, as in the Chalukyan and its derivatives, forward projection, primarily of the front nasika or mahanasika or the dormer of the griva sikhara region alone, in smaller simple vimana types and along with the forward projection of the tala’s in storeyed types, the whole coming over the terrace of the lower antarala or ardha-mandapa.
