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sapta-kolaja
pendant having seven kolas
sapta-kolaja lambana
Saptatiśatabimba
pendant made up of seven kola courses large sculptured slab showing 170 Jinas of the rare and most glorious cycle of time
same as above
Saptatiśatayantraka Sattarisaya-Jina-patta
same as above
step
sopāna sopānamālā sopāna-dvaya
series of steps
two steps of the pattaśālā-cloister
sopāna-traya
surasundari
three steps of the pattaśālā-cloister heavenly damsel; apsaras, devānganä, consort of the gandharva minstrel shoulder moulding; flat upper platform/terminal cyma moulding of sikhara; visama/bisama, kāndhi (Oriya)
skandha
skandha-patta
flat band replacing the carved shoulder moulding of sikhara
stambha
pillar
stambhaśākhā
śākhā in the form of a pillar
svastika
sāndhāra
well-known auspicious symbol temple having an inner ambulatory passage around the sanctum
sankhapāla
celestial blowing conch at the apex of a western Indian Jina-parikara frame
śālā
nave; oblong hall
śākha
decorative door-band; door-jamb
śāsanadevi
śāsanadevata
female presiding or guardian deity of the Jaina church
sankhāvarta
moon-stone with conch-terminals
satadala
hundred-petalled lotus
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