festival of the sixty-three saints (cf. nayanmar)
cult image in sanctum of a temple; image of worship
hands in crescent moon-like form to hold fire
‘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 →
seated with both legs on the seat, one raised up and the other bent
seated with both legs on the seat, one raised up and the other bent
hand around one bent leg in meditative pose
meditative mode of seat with ardha-yogapatta
one of the five sthānas or positions
shorts (also ardhoruka)
shorts (also ardhoraka)
Tamil classification of women: a lovely woman twenty to twenty-four years old
central heroic character in the Mahabharata epic
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).
accumulated wealth
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