Fenestrated pattern of coalescent kudu-like arches and half-arches, typical of northern-style temples and found in the facade arches of Buddhist cave-temples; used in the northern temples as crest over devakoshtha’s also in place of the miniature shrines tops of such… Continue Reading →
(also upanam, Tamil: உபானம்) Lowermost part or footing of the basement or adhishthana, projecting beyond the vertical norm and surmounted by the jagati. It forms the lowermost visible part of the vimana, the uppermost limit of the same being the… Continue Reading →
(also upana, Tamil: உபானம்) Lowermost part or footing of the basement or adhishthana, projecting beyond the vertical norm and surmounted by the jagati. It forms the lowermost visible part of the vimana, the uppermost limit of the same being the… Continue Reading →
(also upapitam, Tamil: உபபீடம்) the basement below the adhishthanam (also adhishthana); Additional moulded platform or sub-base below the basement or adhishthana with mouldings repeating thos of the adhishthana, or often reduced in number or simpler.
(also upapita, Tamil: உபபீடம்) the basement below the adhishthanam (also adhishthana); Additional moulded platform or sub-base below the basement or adhishthana with mouldings repeating thos of the adhishthana, or often reduced in number or simpler.
lintel, see uttiram
Mandapa in which the processional deities of bronze are kept during celebrations.
(also uttiram, Tamil: உத்திரம்) cross-beam
(also uttira, Tamil: உத்திரம்) cross-beam
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