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sahasra-kita
bakha
sala
jamb of a door-frame.
oblong shrine with barrel-vault roof.
salitäntara
vertical recess.
sama-caturasra square in design.
sama-kşipta a variety of concave ceiling.
samatala-vitana ceiling of flat uniform level, usually adorned with friezes in
samavasarana
samvarana
GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS
pyramidal shrine-model with a thousand (numerous) figures of Jinas.
sändhäraprāsāda
sapta-sakha
door-frame with seven ornate jambs.
sarvatobhadra same as caturmukha; a shrine with four faces; a shrine-model with images on the four faces.
sarvatobhadrika a shrine-model with image on the four faces. siddhasana
sikhara
fukanāsa, Jukanäsika
registers.
representation of the preaching hall of a Jina built by gods with seats apportioned for gods, men and animals to hear the sermon which a Jina delivers after enlightenment.
roof comprising diagonally-arranged members crowned by bell-finials.
temple with ambulatory.
tādi (Tamil) tala
stambha-sakha jamb of a door-frame simulating a pilaster. stūpi, stūpika fiinal of a south-Indian vimäng.
same as dhyānāsana; posture adopted by seated Tirthankara. superstructure or roof of a temple. A north-Indian Sikhara is normally curvilinear, while a southern sikhara is domical, octagonal or four-sided.
antifix attached to the front face of Sikhara of a northIndian temple, showing a large caitya-window.
cushion-shaped member of the south-Indian pillar-capital. storey of a shrine, vimana or gopura; same as bhumi. The south-Indian vimana may have one storey (eka-tala), or two storeys (dvi-tala), or three storeys (tri-tala) and so on. The ground-floor is called adi-tala and the intermediate storey madhya-tala.
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