Archives Glossary of special terms

kodanda

name of the bow held by Rama

kodik-karukku

foliage-decoration (especially over the edges of the sikhara or kodungai)

kodungai

cornice, moulded projection over a tala (kodungai, Tamil: கொடுங்கை)

kolusu

a wristlet or anklet of woven pattern

koshtha

(also goshta) a cell or niche for the deity (cf. sala)

koshtha-panjara

a niche decorated with a curved cage-motif (cf. kumbha-panjara)

koyil

literally ‘abode of the lord/king’; Koil or Kovil or Koyil (Tamil: கோயில்), (meaning: residence of God) is the Tamil term for a distinct style of Hindu temple with Dravidian architecture.

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