Shoulder decoration of bahula flowers – an ornamental motf consisting of bahula or similar flowers
Outermost wall of a multipled-walled sanctum or storey (opposite of antara-bhitti).
an ornament (a string of beads) encircling the arm at the elbow
(also balipitha, Tamil: பலிபீடம்) altar for the placing of offerings to deities. It is generally built in the shape of a blossoming lotus, erected near the main entrance of a temple.
halo (cf. mandala)
Central reliefed or projected part from each side of the body of the vimana or prasada as distinct from the corner projection (karna).
Oblong, wagon-topped miniature shrine of ayatasra type in the center of each side of the hara over the storeys of the vimana.
Square or rectangular supplemental pedestal to which an image and its padmapitham are attached and which they rest
Square or rectangular supplemental pedestal to which an image and its padmapitham are attached and which they rest
devotee; one who practices bhakti or devotion
deep, intense, uncompromising devotion to a personal godhead, aspiring to mystical union with the divine (cf. bhakta)
emotion
the wall (cf. kal)
Ornamental festoon on the wall, usually a makara-torana supported by two pilasters (cf. torana, makara-torana).
one of the five sthānas or positions
mistress, concubine
ringlets of hair
ancient sage; devotee of Shiva
earth; the goddess Earth
‘scared by snake’, a dance-pose suggesting movement away from a snake out of fear
ornament on waist in the form of a coiled snake
the storeys (cf. tala); Stage in the curvilinear superstructure (sikhara) or anda of a northern-style temple, often marked off at the corners by compressed amalaka’s – the karna-malakas or bhumia-malakas (bhumi, Tamil: பூமி).
earth-touching attitude as when Buddha called earth as witness
goblin
dwarfish goblin
title
(also bodigai, Tamil: போதிகை) a corbel surmounting the capital of a pillar, like the pushpa-bodhika, ‘corbel of flower-pattern’
a corbel surmounting the capital of a pillar, like the pushpa-bodhika, ‘corbel of flower-pattern’ (cf. bodhika, Tamil: போதிகை)
the knot of the strings of the yajnopavita usually over the left chest
one of the many images of Nandi placed in the Shiva temples; Brahma-Nandi of stone will be by side of the mulavar in the sanctum
plumbline
one of four castes in Hindu society, highest caste in India, generally synonymous with priestly class, entitled to perform Hindu rites and sacrifices; authors of the Brahmanas, designed to guide Brahmans in hymns and performance of various rituals
early script from which all Indian scripts, northern and southern, are derived
major annual festival in a Shiva temple that extends over a period of ten days
(also bhringipada) an ornament (with a string and bell attached) worn on the right leg (high up)
Life of Buddha
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