Category Technical terms

Category of all Technical terms

deepam

oil lamp

devadana

gift to the gods; gifted temple lands

devakoshtha

Niche on walls of shrines and mandapa’s containing sculpture of deities (their occupants are called vimana-devata – parsva-devata in Kalinga); often crowned by torana or shrine motif, kuta sala, panjara, or kudu, or udgama.

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