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Glossory
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Citraranga Same as Uttaranga Citi
altar Caitya
a monumental tomb, a sanctuary, a monastary, a shrine, a temple, usually a Buddhist
assembly hall Caitya-griha
prayer-hall, assembly hall Caumukha
four jain images generally carved in one block placed back to back with their four faces looking towards the four cardinal
points Chanda
perespective view, an arrangement, disposition,
bathos, nomenclature Chādya
a roof, a sloping eave, an overhanging (Chadyakūta)27 cornice of a roof projecting beyond the face
of the wall Jagati.
See Adhisthāna Janghā28 the thigh, an architectural term applied to
the broad band of Sculpture towards the middle of the temple walls ( exterior) above
the basement Jādya Kumbha 29 a torus like moulding at the lower portion
of a mandovara Jāla
| the trellis window or screened lattice, or Jāli
perforated pattern, screen
Thakārā 30 Thagārikā
{ One of the kinds of an ornamental moulding
Taksaka
a wood-cutter, a carpentar The ground-floor, the storey
Tala
27. also known as Kbetachadya, Lacal term Chajjā, Chāji, Chāju 28. Local term : Jārghi 29. Local term : Jādambo 30, Local term : Tekarun
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