Archives Glossary of special terms

agama

treatises on architecture

agamika

sacred-textual

Agastya

a Vedic sage

agni

fire (अग्नि); god of (the sacrificial) fire; It used as a weapon of war. It is also used for making offerings. Śiva frequently carries Agni in one of his hands.

agra-mandapa

front hall preceeding the main hall

agrapattiyal

(also akrapattiyal, Tamil: அக்ரபட்டியல்) a basement moulding is a listel

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