Archives Glossary of special terms

aravatti-muvar-ula

festival of the sixty-three saints (cf. nayanmar)

archa

cult image in sanctum of a temple; image of worship

ardha-chandrahasta

hands in crescent moon-like form to hold fire

ardha-mandapa

‘half hall’, the smaller hall connecting the shrine and the larger pillared hall (mandapa); front porch (cf. tiru-idaik-kattu). Pillared hall immediately in front of the principal shrine or distal half of a mandapa with two seriate pillars, as in rock-cut… Continue Reading →

ardha-paryanka

seated with both legs on the seat, one raised up and the other bent

ardha-paryankasana

seated with both legs on the seat, one raised up and the other bent

ardha-yogapatta

hand around one bent leg in meditative pose

ardha-yogasana

meditative mode of seat with ardha-yogapatta

ardhakshi

one of the five sthānas or positions

ardhoraka

shorts (also ardhoruka)

ardhoruka

shorts (also ardhoraka)

arivai

Tamil classification of women: a lovely woman twenty to twenty-four years old

Arjuna

central heroic character in the Mahabharata epic

arpita-hara

Hara or string of miniature shrines on the edge of each vimana tala that is applique to the body (harmya) of the upper tala or storey without any intervening space (opposite of anarpita-hara).

artha

accumulated wealth

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