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inner face of the square frame is decorated with the centre of their underside. Each of the four ardhapadma motif, while its underside on each of bays contains an uncarved samatala ceiling. The the two shorter sides is relieved with three full- door of the porch is of the single-fakha variety. It is blown lotus flowers, each comprising two rows of decorated with foliate scrolls and is flanked on the petals. The shallow dome is composed of two outer side by a band of lotus petals. At the base circular courses and a small circular pendant. The of the fakha stands a female carrying pitcher. The first consists of padma decorated with two bands of udumbara shows a semi-circular plain projection in lotus petal-and-bud ornament, while its underside the centre, a projecting kiritimukha on each side of at each corner is carved with a kiritimukha. The it, and diamonds on either extremity. The uttaranga second is gajatalu. The circular pendant consists of continues the decoration of the fakha and displays six-foil kola preceded by reverse gajatalu; its stame- an image of padmāsana Jina in dhyānamudra on the nal tube is gone now.
lalața. In front of the door is a candrafila which
consists of an ardhacandra tied on each end with The other domical ceiling is only slightly recta
gagāraka and flanked in turn by a talarüpaka. To ngular on plan. It is composed of four circular
ward off water the porch is crowned by an overcourses and a circular pendant. The inner face of
hanging corrugated awning and a kapota. the first course is decorated with a band of klittimukhas, while its underside depicts two ele- The western porch is square on plan and is phants lustrating a lotus plant at each corner and a landed up by a double flight of steps. The first frieze on each of the two shorter sides. The frieze
e consisting of four steps leads to a platform on which
consisti depicts a kayotsarga Jina with musicians and the porch is perched, and the second comprising dancers, and Srāvakas carrying pitcher. The second
seven steps accommodated in the porch itself leads is karnadardarika. The third is gajalalu. The fourth
to the doorway. Resting on a moulded pisha the consists of an eight-foil kola. The pendant is similar
porch consists of two pillars and two pilasters to that found in the preceding ceiling.
supporting a ceiling on a square frame of architra
ves. The pitha consists of a bhitra, khura, kumbha Porches
decorated with half diamonds, kalaša, antarapatra, The northern porch is divided into four bays, kabota decorated with caitya-arch motif, projected three running east-west across the axial line and
fillet decorated with diamonds, karạika and padma, one placed in the mid-front. It rests on a low
The pillars and pilasters are similar to those seen
T terrace which is approached from the ground by
ound by in the devakulikās. The architraves and doorway a flight of seven steps. The terrace is composed are similar to those found in the northern porch, of hewn blocks of masonry and has a padma as
with this difference that here the lalața depicts an stylobate. On the terrace stand six pillars
image of goddess Lakşmi sitting in lalitasana. The and four pilasters supporting four ceilings, each
ceiling is made by cutting off the corners, compriperched on a square frame of architraves. All
sing three tiers of nine slabs, the central slab being the pillars are of the octagonal class. Their base
relieved with a full-blown lotus flower consisting of consits of a khura, kumbha decorated with half dia
two rows of petals and a central circle marked with monds, and kalaba; the shaft is octagonal at the twine pattern. Its roof, now plastered up, has a base. sixteen-sided in the middle and circular corrugated eave-cornice overhanging the archion the top, the last section being surmounted by
traves, a kirttimukha-band; and the capital has a short round bharani of padma, surmounted by four- Nalamandapa armed double-roll brackets. The four pilasters, The nālamandapa (Fig. 48), built right above the two having five facets and two having three facets, northern porch and a stairway consisting of seven are similar to the pillars. The architraves are steps, is a square pillared mandapa with a square divided into two fasciae and are plain, but for a projecting bay towards the north end. It is laid kirttimukha in the centre of the lower fascia and a out on a floor higher than the corridor of the devacrude lotus medallion having two rows of petals in kulikās and is approachable from the corridor by
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