Archives Glossary of special terms

bahulamala

Shoulder decoration of bahula flowers – an ornamental motf consisting of bahula or similar flowers

bahya-bhitti

Outermost wall of a multipled-walled sanctum or storey (opposite of antara-bhitti).

baji-bandha

an ornament (a string of beads) encircling the arm at the elbow

balipitham

(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.

barah-masa

twelve months

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