Essay name: Architectural data in the Puranas
Author:
Sharda Devi
Affiliation: Himachal Pradesh University / Department of History
This essay studies ancient Indian architectural science as found in technical treatises and the Puranas, with special reference to the Matsya, Garuda, Agni and Bhavishya Puranas. These texts detail ancient architectural practices, covering temple and domestic designs, dimensional specifications, and construction rules.
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叠丑奴尘颈.
Cakra,
literally the ground on which all things are
founded. also a vertical division of the super
structure of the horizontal courses of the
sikhara
the wheel.
decorative arched niche; false dormer
window.
quadrangle.
颁补苍诲谤补艣腻濒腻,
a
颁补迟耻谤补艣谤补,
颁补迟耻峁辞峁嘺,
Cella,
顿腻谤耻箩补,
顿丑惫补箩腻,
顿惫腻谤补辫腻濒补,
顿惫腻谤补艣腻办丑腻蝉,
顿惫颈谤补峁ａ弓补办补,
骋补箩补辫谤蝉迟丑腻办谤迟颈,
Ganas,
Garbhagrha,
骋补惫腻办峁,
Ghata,
骋谤墨惫腻,
Hamsa,
贬别尘补办奴迟补,
Jagati,
闯腻濒补驳补惫腻办峁
闯补苍驳丑腻,
碍补濒补艣补,
quardrangle.
a small chamber of garbhagrha.
wooden.
banner.
door-guardian.
doorframes of the main doorway.
sixteen-sided also 峁dasassa.
resembling the shape of elephants back;
wagon-vault roof.
demigods,
attendants of 艢iva, usually
represented as obese dwarfs.
a cella or inner room of a temple.
a window resembling the cow's eye; generally a
latticed window.
vase or pot motif.
the neck of the superstructure.
goose, emblem of Brahm膩.
golden spire, type of valabhi temple.
platform.
latticed window, see gav膩k峁.
wall, particularly the portion embellished with
sculptures.
pitcher, crowning member of a spire, a half-
round moulding.
