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Jaina Temples of Western India
kevalajñāna : Omniscience. keyūra : An armlet. khattaka: A deep sculptured niche in the mukhamandapa. khura : The lowermost moulding of the vedibandha consisting of a plain horizontal band. kicaka : An atlantes bracket figure. Kinnara/Kinnari: A semi-divine being, half human and half bird. kiritamukuta : A tall, cylindrical crown. kirittimukha : A leonine head with bulging eyes and flat nose. kirttitorana: A free standing portal. kola : Literally, pig's tusk; in architecture, a cusped course in a ceiling decorated with rafters. konikā: A buttress half the size of nandikā and lying between the karna and praliratha. kşipta : A ceiling where the courses recede in. ksiptotksipta : A composite ceiling consisting of ksipta and utksipla elements, kucabandha : A breast-band. kukkuta : A cock. kumbha: A pot moulding above the khura of the vedibandha having perpendicular sides and curved
shoulder. kumuda : An astragal, kūta: A miniature shrine, square throughout. laksana: A distinctive mark. lalata : The central projecting part of the uttaranga. lalatabimba : The tutelary image on the uttaranga. lalitasana: A seated posture in which one leg is tucked on the seat, the other, with knee bent, resting
on the ground. lambana : A circular pendant. lanchana : A distinctive sign. latina: A type of Sikhara lacking the subsidiary Sikharas. läma: A decorative motif of the ceiling consisting of a pendant, or kola courses disposed, like a
nābhicchanda ceiling, in diminishing concentric rings; in the latter form it looks like a
depressed lūma. makara : An alligator or crocodile. makara-praņāla : A water spout projecting from the wall and shaped into a figure of makara. Maladhara : An angelic being carrying garland. mancika: A kapota type of moulding supporting the jargha. mandapa: A hall. mandāraka : Calotropis gigantea; in architecture, a ceiling consisting of padmašila. mandovara : The cubical portion of the temple wall. mätska : The Mother goddess. matulunga : A citron. Meru: A mountain shown, one above the other, in storeys, each having a four-faced Jina image. minayugala: A pair of fish. mithuna : An amorous couple or scene. mukhamandapa: A colonnaded vestibule between the gūdhamandapa and the rangamandapa; also called
trika or coki-mandapa. mukuli: A floral bud found in the centre of the kolas and the lāmās, and at the tip of the padma
kefara and the padmašila. malaghanta: The main bell atop the sandaraya roof,
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