Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies Vol 01 Jaina Art and Architecture

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain, Others
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

Page 461

Glossary
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Kevalin khadgasana khalvasākha kharasila khara-tada khattaka khura khurā
Kinnara Kinnari kirttimukha Kirttistambha kola konika kostha kula kumbha kumuda kuñjarāksa kūta kutakostha kūtastambha
an omniscient person who has attained absolute knowledge. : see kāyotsarga. : recessed jamb. : cap-stone of foundation. : a type of palm. : a deep sculptured niche in mukhamandapa of Western Indian temples. : a basal horizontal moulding of vedībandha below kumbha; kumbha proper in Orissan temples. : a moulding being square below and curved above in Orissan temples; khura-kumbha in
Western Indian temples. : mythical beings of a semi-divine character, half man and half bird or horse. : celestial female minstrel. : same as grasamukha.
pillar of glory. : literally boar's tusk; cusped ceiling-course. : minor corner offsets between the argas. : niche. : a school of Jaina monks. : pot; pot-type moulding in North Indian temples. : torus. : literally elephant's eye'; a decorative motif of stepped diamond.
square aedicula in South Indian temples. : kuta-niche. : a column with kuța top in South Indian temples; corner offset in the sikhara of Bhūmija
temples. : one of the 32 superior marks (mahalaksana). : central block on door-lintel. : tutelary image on the central block of door-lintel. : large gavākṣa in front of a vaulted or apsidal structure. : see ardhaparyankasana. :cognizance or identifying mark of the Tīrthankaras. All the twenty-four Tīrthankaras have
different cognizances, on the basis of which they are identified. These are carved mainly
on the pedestal of Tirthankara images. : vase-shaped pillar part below the capital.
: spinal offset decorated with caitya-pattern in Bhūmija temple. : writer of manuscript. : writing place of manuscript. : pendant.
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