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Kapota Karnikā Khalva sakha Khura Kichaka Kirtimukha Kumbha Kumbhavahini Kumuda Kunjarakşa Kuta
Lasuna
Madala Mahānāsi
Makara Makara torana
Manastambha
Mandapa Mandaraka Mattavārana
Jaina Rock-Cut Caves in Western India roll cornice, overhanging cornice see karni, knife-edged moulding, minor karņaka deeply carved recessed doorjamb jagati moulding, basal moulding of vēdibandha corpulent or dwarfish human figure on pillar bracket
face of glory pot (inverted), vēdibandha moulding female figure holding pot, usually cared on door jamb torus moulding of a base elephant's eye, perforated decorative design superstructure-type in the southern style, which has a square plan and caps a single-storied unit ridged or faceted and fluted, vase-shaped pillar part (at the upper part) strut, cantilever, modillion large nasi, dormer at the cardinal and sometimes sub-cardinal points of sikhara crocodile-monster, dolphin toraņa-arch spewed from the mouth of opposed makaras or from their tails 'pillar of respect', detached pillar in front of a digambara Jaina temple hall, generally columnar projecting central part of ornate dorrsill seat-back ornamented with vēdikā pattern and in some cases with elephant-head design at the base mixed, composite pillar-type combining various geometrical sections, from square to circular four-pillared entry porch ornate frame, usually of gavākṣa nāsi or peripheral band defining the countour of nasi plinth moulding bearing human figures gavakşa, chaitya-dormer motif hall with nine compartments male figure personifying wealth (auspicious decorative motif) wall-part, above the adhisthāna or the plinth and below the cornice in the southern context cyma recta with five offsets from kona (corner) to kona on a given side niche with panjara (fronton of vaulted apsidal shrine) top nāsi-fronton of panjarakostha superstructure of panjara image-frame or niche frame lateral porch of mandapa dpprka,n adprmed wotj fp;oage lower section of doorjamb, bearing guardian and other figures abacus (pillar part supporting potika capital) tiered, pyramidal roof-type bracket-capita short walled projection in front of sanctum, a narrow antarala enclosure, the wall erected around the main temple unit entablature
Miśraka
Mukhachatuski Mukhapatti
Narathara Nasi Navaranga Nidhi Pada
Padma Pancharatha Pañjarakoştha Pañjaranasi Panjaraśikhara Parikara Parávachatuski Patra śakha Pedya Phalaka Phāṁsana Pütikā Prāggriva Prakara Prastara
