Shabdakosh

SR No.: 020693
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratanlal Mishr
Publisher: Literary Circle
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 238
Language: Hindi
Classification: Dictionary
File Size: 14 MB

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Technical Dictionary
Pra, stupa (Siam). Pradakshina patha, vedika, processional passage or ambulatory. Prakaram, open courtyard. Prasada, palace, also shrine. Prastara, entablature. Pronaos, porch, part of a classic temple in front of the naos :
sometimes portico. Propylacum, entrance gate or vestibule. Pteroma, space between the wall and columns of a temple. Purna kalasa, vase of plenty, "pot and foliage" capital in style of
northern India. Pushkarani, sacred pool or tank. Pushpabandha, pushpa bodhica, projecting bracket or corbel
of a Dravidian capital. Pylon, propylon, tall monumental gateway. Pyramidal, including to an apex a pyramid.
Quadrangle, four-sided figure or court. Quattro-cento, fifteenth century as period in Italian art. Quaoin, corner stones at the angles : angle of a building.
Raha paga, central projection or pilaster. Rakshasas, earth spirits. Ramayana, Sanskrit epic poem of great antiquity. Rampart, broad-topped defensive mound or structure. Random rubble, masonry formed of stones of irregular size and
shape. Ranga mandapa, pointed hall or theatre. Ratha, lit. a car ; car used in the temple ceremonies of southern
India ; also applied incorrectly to the monolithic shrines of
the Seven Pagodas, Mamallapuram. Refectory, dining hall in a monastery or college. Rekha, curvilinear portion of a spire or sikhara.