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
trisakhā tritala tryanga-bada tula tuläpitha turka Udadhikumära udgama upabhadra Upadhyaya upana upapitha uparajangha upasarga
urahghanta urahśrniga ürdhvapadma usnișa Utsarpiņi
: a doorway having three jambs. : three-storeyed.
three-divisioned wall. : joist. : string of joist ends in North Indian temples. : enclosure. : water divinities. : a pediment decorated with full and half caitya-dormer pattern. : minor offsets of bhadra.
see Pañcaparamesthin.
sub-plinth moulding; a flat course. : socle beneath the adhisthāna. : upper section of the bāda above the bāndhanā and below the varanda. : The hindrances caused by the demons and evil spirits during the course of the meditation
or penance of the Tirthankaras (mainly of Pārsvanātha and Mahavīra) due to their enmity
of previous lives (pūrva bhava) with the Tirthankaras. : a set of bells in the cardinal directions of the samvarana. : miniature Sikhara along the cardinal offset of sikhara. : cyma recta, plain or carved with lotus petals. : literally turban; also the coping of vedikā (railing). : Jaina division of time cycle. Utsarpiņi is an aeon of progression. The present aeon is
Avasarpiņi of which Rşabhanātha was the first and Mahavira, the last Tirthankara. : beam or architrave. : a banner or flag. : a fillet above kampa or pattikā. : rafter ends. : creeper or scroll. : treasurer. : sub-plinth.
boon conferring hand gesture shown with right hand-palm open with downward fingers
towards the worshippers. : a set of mouldings atop the bada in Orissan temples. : an eave-cornice. : a kind of pot. · plank-moulding below the grīvā-śikhara; platform atop the gandi in Orissan temples.
wall-podium between pitha and janghā, consisting generally of five members of khura, kumbha, kalaša, antarapatta and kapota.
uttara
vaijayanti vājana valabhi valli
Vanika
vapra varada-mudra
varanda varandika vardhamānaka vedi vedibandha
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