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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Architectural Terms
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Bada, cubical portion of a temple up to the roor or spire. Balcony, outside balustraded platform. Bali-mandapa, front hall (Chalukyan). Baluster, balustrade, a small pillar or column supporting a
handrail. Bamli, court or courtyard. Bandhana, a division or group of mouldings in the wall surface. Baoli or Way, step-well of Gujarat and western India. Baradari, lit. "twelve pillared," a pillared portico or pavilion,
columned building. Bharajhanji, carving on the doorway of a temple (Orissa). Barandi, a division within the bada or cubical portion of the
temple. Barge-board, projecting roof to a gable. Baroque, fantastic, grotesque, a style common in Europe in the
first hfla of the 18th cent. Barrel-vault, cylindrical form of roof or ceiling.Basalt, dark green
or brown igneous rock. Basana, a division or element in the wall surface. Base, kumbli, athisthana, lower portion of any structure or feature. Basilica, applied to a large hall for the administration of justice. Bas-relief, carving of low projection. Basti, temple, (Kanarese districts.) Bastion, projecting part of a fortification. Batter, slope, rake. Battlements, indented parapet, kanjur. Bay, a division or compartment; between pillars, a chauki, Bazaar, market. Bead and Fillet, small cylindrical moulding resembling a string
of beads. Beam, lintel, long piece of stone or wood supported at both ends. Bedi, hall for reading the beds or vedas. Begun, egg plant, hence the Begunia group of temples in Bengal
as they are presumed to resemble this fruit.
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