Category Architectural elements

All architectural elements of the temples

bhadra

Central reliefed or projected part from each side of the body of the vimana or prasada as distinct from the corner projection (karna).

bhadra-sala

Oblong, wagon-topped miniature shrine of ayatasra type in the center of each side of the hara over the storeys of the vimana.

bhitti

the wall (cf. kal)

bhitti-torana

Ornamental festoon on the wall, usually a makara-torana supported by two pilasters (cf. torana, makara-torana).

bhumi

the storeys (cf. tala); Stage in the curvilinear superstructure (sikhara) or anda of a northern-style temple, often marked off at the corners by compressed amalaka’s – the karna-malakas or bhumia-malakas (bhumi, Tamil: பூமி).

bhuta

goblin

bhuta-gana

dwarfish goblin

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