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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS malica a variety of south-Indian adhişthāna. mahcika pafrika-like top moulding. mandapa generic term for a hall which may be open or closed, pillared
or astylar. mandaraka ornamental door-sill. mandovara architectural term of western India comprising the pitha, vedt
bandha and fargha. mukha-catuski entrance-porch or frontal bay at the entrance. mukha-mand apa frontal mandapa or entrance-porch. müla-näyaka principal enshrined divinity. müla-prasada sanctum proper.
ndbhicchanda an elaborate ceiling carved with the design of coffered cusps. nala-mand apa same as valánaka or covered stepped entrance. Nandjśvara- the last island-continent of the Jaina cosmography.
dvipa nara-thara frieze of human figures. näsikā
(literally nose) projected arched opening of a southern vimana.
Alpa-näsikā or ksudra-näsika is small, while mahd-ndsika is
large. nava-ranga maha-mandapa with four central and twelve peripheral pillars
so arranged as to enclose nine bays. nirandhära- shrine without ambulatory.
präsāda nişadya, Jaipa memorial-pillar or slab. nişedika, nisedhika nrtya-mandapa same as ranga-mand apa; peristylar assembly-hall.
padma
padma-bandha
padma-sila pañcāyatana pasca-meru
lotus-shaped moulding or member; capital-member shaped
like a lotus for supporting the south-Indian phalaka. decorative band separating the south-Indian pillar-shaft from
the capital. elaborately-carved lotus-shaped pendant of a ceiling. a temple surrounded by four minor shrines. representation of the five Merus of the Jaina tradition.
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