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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Architectural Terms
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Govaksha, small ornamental niches on lowest turrets. Gajaprishthakriti, shaped like an elephant's back, whale-backed.
Gelbai, carving around a doorway. Ghadi, upper part of the kalasa, or vase member of the capital. Ghanta, bell. Ghat, platform or steps at edge of water. Ghatapallava, "vase and foliage" pillar. Girder, beam for support. Gokhala (Jain) niche. Gopuram, monumental gateway. Gothic, pointed arched style prevalent in Western Europe during
the 11th to the 16th centuries. Grille, grating, latticed screen. Guda mandapa, closed hall in front of a door, yestibule, Guldasta,
pinnacle. Gumpha, monastery.
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Half-timbered construction, building formed of a wooden frame
work with the interstices filled with brick or plaster. Hammer-beam roof, late Gothic form of wooden roof without a
direct tie. Hamsa, goose. Harmika, the finial of a stupa in the form of a pedestal in which
the shaft of the honorific umbrella was set. Headers and stretchers, bricks bounded with their short or long
faces placed alternately. Hellenic, ancient Greek. Hemadpanti, name given to a type of Deccani temple supposed
to have been introduced or designed by Hemadpant, minister
of the Yadava king of Devagiri in the 13th century. Hinayana, primitive Buddhism, an earlier form of this great
religious movement, as distinct from the later, or Mahayana. Hippogryph, fabulous griffin-like creature with body of horse. Hira, bead moulding.
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