architectural part of the prastaram (eradakam, Tamil: ஏராதகம்)
Pigeon; overhanging cornice, usually flexed, projecting beyond the principal beam to throw off water from the terrace beyond the beam and joist-end or recesses of the adhishthana like kumudam and padma. (cf. kapotam, Tamil: கபோதம்)
(also kabodam, Tamil: கபோதம்) originally a term applied to the kudu (cf. kudu), but later equated with the cornice by some writers (cf. kapota)
‘Nest’; The arched-window motif (chaitya-window motif) on roof-line with a shovel- or lion-head top (horse-shoe-shaped decorative element on the facade of a monument) out of a flexed cornice (kapota), originally perhaps intended for entry of roosting birds (kapota) but in… Continue Reading →
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(also stambham, Tamil: ஸ்தம்பம்) Pillar (cf. kambam, pada);
(also uttira, Tamil: உத்திரம்) cross-beam
(yalam, Tamil: யாளம்) architectural part of the prastaram and is decorated with the yali (cf. yahzi)
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