Category Architectural elements

All architectural elements of the temples

anarpita-hara

String of miniature shrine (hara) on the edge of each vimana tala, distinct from the body of the upper tala or storey, with intervening space (opposite of arpita-hara).

antara-bhitti

inner wall of multiple-walled garbhagriha, or sanctum, or storey

antarala

vestibule (cf. sukhanasi)

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