Book Title: Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies Vol 01 Jaina Art and Architecture
Author(s): Sagarmal Jain, Others
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
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Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies
pali
: dish-shaped member of pillar-capital coming below phalaka. Pancakalyāņakas : Five auspicious events occurring in the life of each of the twenty-four Jinas. These are
cyavana (conception), janma (birth), diksā (renunciation), kaivalya (absolute knowledge) and
nirvāņa (salvation). pancakūta
five-peaked shrine. pañcârgabāda : a wall having five horizontal divisions. Panca-paramesthin: The five Supreme Ones - Arhat (Tīrthankara), Siddha (liberated soul), Acārya (leader
of a group of monks), Upādhyāya (reader who teaches sacred texts) and Sādhu. These
are invoked by navakāra-mantra. The Arhat and Siddha (formless) are free souls. pañcaratha : a wall surface endowed with five buttresses, pancaśākā : a doorway having five jambs. pañcatirthi : a sculptural panel with five Jina images. pancāyatana : a temple complex with one principal shrine and four smaller ones on the four corners. panjara
: apsidal aedicula in South Indian temples. panjara-kostha : a niche with panjara top. panjaranāsi ināsi-fronton of a panjara-kostha. parikara
: a frame of an image. pata
: a diagram on cloth etc. and hence Jina pata, mantra pata, Sangrahani lippanaka pata, Sūri
mantrapata, Pañcatīrthīpata etc. pață
: fillet-like moulding; patta or pattikā. patra
: scroll or creepers. patrašakha : a doorjamb decorated with scrolls or creepers. patra-torana : arciform gateway showing a festoon of foliage and flowers. patravalli
foliate scrolls. pattika
: rectilinear fillet. phaggu
: spring poems. phalaka
: abacus (a pillar part supporting corbel). pharsakūta : miniature square shrine with pyramidal roof. picchikā
: broom.
: a tree of this name having triangular leaves. pista
: a platform, pedestal. pitha
: plinth in North Indian temples. potikā
: corbel (bracket-capital). prabhāmandala : halo shown on the back of the head of deity. pradaksināpatha ambulatory path. prākāra
: enclosure wall. pranala
: water-chute.
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