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dvāra
door
dvārabandha
doorframe
dvāraśākhā
dvi-anga
doorjamb with two planes of offset (triratha in Eastern India)
dvibhanga
double flexure
dvi-kola
pendant/pendantive composed of two kola courses
damaru
hand-drum
Gagāraka
scout-badge like decorative motif comprising arrow between two contra spirals
gagarapatti
chain of gagārakas carved at the edge of the kapotapālī basal-band showing frontal posture of elephant figures in file
gajapitha
gajatālu
"elephant's palate"; cusped ceiling-course
gandharva
celestial minstrel
garbhagyha
womb-house; sanctum
gavākşa
(decorative motif); candraśālā,
"cow's eye" thakāra
grāsa
gorgon head; kīrttimukha
grāsa-kinkaņikā
decorative motif showing bell with a hanging chain dangling from a grāsa-mask
grāsamukha
gorgon face or head; kīrttimukha
grāsapatti
grāsapattikā
band showing grāsa heads in file
gūdhamandapa
closed hall
ghantā
bell; bell-member of the samvaraņā-roof; crowning bell of Phāṁsanā/samvaranā
ghanţikā
small bell-member
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