Essay name: The Structural Temples of Gujarat
Author:
Kantilal F. Sompura
Affiliation: Gujarat University
This essay studies the Structural Temples of Gujarat (Up to 1600 A.D.).
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The Structural Temples of Gujarat 558 Vedha
fault
Vaṇukośa 56
curves of a Sikhara
Skandha
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Stambha 57
Sthapati
Samadala
ٲṛi
ٲṛikā
Sabha Mandapa
shoulder course
(Pitha )-basement
a post, a pillar, a column, a vertical support,
The shaft from kumbhi to bharani is the
stambha proper.
master builder, an architect
equal in length and breadth
Ա-ṇ�,
Ѳś,
the seven mothers, represented by seven
goddesses,
Kaumāri, Vaisnavi, Mahendri, Varahi and
Camundi.
the open hall of the temple, (also known
as Ranga-mandapa, Khela-mandapa)
Samvarṇ� 58
stepped-out superstructure adorned
bell-shaped ornamentation
with
Sarvatobhadra
Գٲ
Śܰ첹
ܰ첹Բ.
Sundikā 5
Subhadra
Sutra
Sringa a Ṣṛinga having Nava (nine) aṇḍakas
same as Udakāntara.
the part of the Sikhara looking like the
parrot nose, the lower (vestibule like) half
part of a tower
Handrail to a stair case.
a central additional projection to
projection
measure of length
56. Local Term, Vaṇārasiya
57. Local term, Thambhalo, Tekaṇa
S8. Local term ‘Sämaraṇa'
to bhadra
