Jinamanjari 2002 04 No 25

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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temple is relatively unimportant as compared to its interior. Jagati at Ossian Mahavira temple, supports a long pillared hall -- balānaka and two layer entrance-porches.. The jagati is therefore is a primary and an indispensable feature of a Jain temple.
Jangha -- the side of the temple.
Jivantasvāmin -- standing image of Mahāvira wearing crown and ornaments.
Kalpavskṣa -- wishing trees, which are of ten kinds are found in the samavasarana.
Kapota -- a pigeon rest of the parapet. Kāyotsarga -- standing posture of the Tirthankara.
Kinnara/Kinnari -- a semi-divine being, half human and half bird.
Kirtimūkhuta -- lion mask; arched scroll band with a lion face in the centre of an image.
Kostas -- they are niches on either side of the entrance.
Kūdu (Tamil) -- an arched opening projecting from the flexed cornice (kapota).
Kukkūța -- cock.
Lalāța-bimba -- figure carved on the middle of the lintel or architrave.
Lalitāsana -- a seated posture in which one leg is tucked on the seat, the other with knee bent rests on the ground.
Mahādhvara -- it is a two-doored shrine placed at an angle on the diagonal of a caturmukha Jain temple. It is thus a bi-facial with two doorway-openings. The Ranakpur Jain temple has the mahdhvara at the comer of a caturmukha structure provided with its own mandapas.
Mānastambha --free standing pillar-standard crowned by Jina images.
Mandovara -- it is the pillared wall that displays sides of the temple.
Meghanada-mandapa -- it is a storied hall in all four directions of the caturmukha temple as seen in the interior of Dharnavihara temple at Ranakpur, and it has not been equaled any where in India.
Meru - a mountain shown one above the other, each having a four-faced Jina image.
Mūlaghanțā -- the main bell atop the samavasarana roof.
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