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Beki, the cylindrical stone below the amla in the finial of a building. Berm, ledge, or narrow open passage.
Bhadra, flat face or facet of the sikhara (tower).
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Bhamli, cells in the inner face of the containing wall of a temple. Bhoga-mandapa, the refectory hall of a temple (Orissa). Bhrama (Guj.) Circumambulatory passage (pradakshina patha). Bhumika, story, stage.
Boast, boasting, stone projection left for purpose of carving Bodhika, capital of a column.
Bodigai, pushpabodhica, projecting bracket or corbel of a Dravidian capital.
Boss, ornament projecting in form of a large knob.
Bracket, projecting ornament or support.
Brahma-kanda, column, rectangular in section, in the Northern style.
Bulbous, shaped like a bulb, nearly spherical.
Bund, dam or embankment.
Burj, tower.
Buttress, support built against a wall.
C
"Cable" moulding, resembling a rope. Campa, fillet.
Technical Dictionary
Campaniform, bell-shaped.
Campanile, Italian for a bell-tower, usually detached. Canopy, covering over a niche.
Capital, siras; upper portion of a column or pilaster.
Carralls, small study rooms.
Caryatid, sculptured human female figures used as columns or
Cavetto, simple concave moulding. Ceiling, covering surface under roof.
supports.
Casement, a form of window.
Cathedral, principal church of a Bishop's district (diocese). Causeway, raised road.
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