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Technical Dictionary
Tower, sikhara. Trabeate, use of beams in construction as distinct from arches. Tracery, ornamental perforated pattern. Transept, cross or transverse compartments of a building. Transom, horizontal divisions or cross-bars to windows. Trefoil, arranged in three lobes. Triforium, gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave. Trikutachala (Chalukyan) triple shrine or three-celled temple. Trimurti, Hindu triad. Triptadhara, short cylindrical member over the amla. Triple Umbrella, Chhatravali (Buddhist). Triratha deul, a structure having three pilasters on the facade. Trisula, trident, emblem of Siva. Truncated, cut off at top. Truss, support for a roof, bridge, etc. Tudor Gothic, late perpendicular style which flourished in
England from the reign of Henry VII to that of Elizabeth ;
16th century. Tumulus, a mound, often funerary, presumed origin of the stupa. Turrets, small towers. Tympanum, triangular space within the cornices of a pediment.
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