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Glossory
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Bharani
Bhāga
Bhāra
moulding above the shaft of a pillar part, division beam, cross beam, support female-shaped bracket-like moulding i. e, Salabhanjika
Bhāraputalika
Bhuja Karna Bhupariksa
same as Karna testing the site and soil where a temple is to be constructed
Bhuma Bhumika
a storey, a floor
Bhūsaņa
ornamentation
Bhitti
Bhita Bhitta
a wall The lower most mouiding below pitha i. e. basement
Bhrama
enclosing cloister
Bhramana
Bhramani19
a covered arcade ambulatory, same as Pradaksiņā, circumambulatory passage a conventional ornamentation used in decorative detail
Makara
Mancjkā 50
Manjari
Mandapa Maņdovara
one of the mouldings of a maņdovara same as śikhara, spire a hall, a prayer hal! the exterior wall of a temple a pearl shaped moulding usually placed at the projecting end of the Chadyakūta
Manibandha
49. Local term : Bhamati 50. Local term : Mānchi, Machi
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