HOA AMACE: INDIA 2

GUPTA DYNASTY

LARGEST POLITICAL AND MILITARY EMPIRE; PERIOD OF HINDU RENAISSANCE; GOLDEN AGE OF INDIA

MANDIR

HINDU TEMPLE

DEVALAYA

TEMPLE TO THE GODS

PRASADA

RELIGIOUS OFFERING

PUJA

ACT OF WORSHIP

STHAPATIS

ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS AND STILL PRIESTS

SHIPA SHASTRAS

SCIENCE OF SILPA ARTS

VASTU SHASTRAS

SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE

AXIS MUNDI

CENTRAL AXIS; CENTER OF THE COSMOS; IT IS THE CENTER OF THE 6 DIRECTIONS: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, ZENITH, NADIR

NABHI

POINT OF ORIGIN

PADA

FOOT COLUMN

JANGHA

TRUNK; PARTS OF A SUPERSTRUCTURE OVER THE BASE

GALA

GRIVA (NECK). THE PART BETWEEN THE MOULDING WHICH RESEMBLES THE NECK

NASIKA

NOSE. ANY NOSE SHAPED ARCHITECTURAL PART

GARBHAGRIHA

REPRESENTS THE HEART AND THE IMAGE OF THE INDWELLING LORD. IT IS THE INNER SANCTUM OR THE WOMB CHAMBER WHERE THE PRIMARY IDOL OR DEITY (MURTI) IS HOUSED

SHIKAHARA / VIMANAM

TOWER, SPIRE, STEEPLE OF THE DOME (SUMMIT). IT ALSO REPRESENTS MT. MERU

NAGARA

NORTHERN STYLE SHIKAHARA

DRAVIDA

SOUTHERN STYLE SHIKAHARA

VESARA

CENTRAL STYLE SHIKAHARA

VIMANA

THE ENTIRE BUILDING HOUSING THE GARBHAGRIHA

GOPURAM

ENTRACE GATES

MANDAPA

MAIN TEMPLE HALL

MT. MERU

IT IS A SACRED MOUNTAIN THAT EMBODIES THE AXIS MUNDI; IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH

MT. KAILASH

A MOUNTAIN WITH 4 FACES

NAGARA TEMPLES

HAS A BEEHAVE SHAPED TOWER WITH KAPOTAS, GAVASKAS, AMALAKAS

KAPOTAS

MAIN ROLLED CORNICE OF A BUILDING

GAVAKSAS

CIRCULAR OR HORSESHOE ARCH

AMALAKA

ROUND CUSHION-LIKE ELEMENT THAT TOPS A SHIKHARA

DRAVIDIAN TEMPLES

ENCLOSED WITHIN A WALL AND HAS AN ENTRANCE GATEWAY IN ITS CENTER; HAS FIERCE DVARAPALAS; SHAPE OF THE MAIN TEMPLE TOWERS IS LIKE A GEOMETRIC STEPPED PYRAMID

VESARA TEMPLES

COMBINATION OF NAGARA AND DRAVIDIAN STYLE OF TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE STYLES. THIS TEMPLE ORIGINATED IN KARNATAKA

DRAVIDIAN INFLUENCE IN VISARA TEMPLES

MINIMIZING THE HEIGHT OF EACH STOREY AND ARRANGING THEM IN DESCENDING ORDER OF HEIGHT FROM BASE TO TOP

NAGARA INFLUENCE IN VISARA TEMPLES

VERTICAL TOWER (INSTEAD OF INCLINED)

NATA MANDIRA

TEMPLE HALL OF DANCING

ANTARALA

VESTIBULE OR THE IMMEDIATE CHAMBER

ARDHA MANDAA

FRONT PORCH OR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE TEMPLE

WATER RESERVOIR

ALSO CALLED TEMPLE TANKS. USED FOR PURIFICATION

MANDALA

KNOWN AS THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE UNIVERSE. IT IS THE BASIC PLAN AND SACRED GEOMETRY

MANDUKA MANDALA

8X8

PARMASAYIKA MANDALA

9X9 WITH THE SYMBOLIC BRAHMANIX DIVINITIES

YANTRA

IS A HEXAGONAL INSTRUMENT TOOL REPRESENTING CELESTIAL CITIES AND ITS GATES WITH THE SYMBOL OF ILLUSION WITHIN THE TRIANGLE

YANTRA OF LIBERATION

WITHIN THE SQUARE OF THE CITY

LARGE TEMPLE

8X8 64 GRID TEMPLE

CEREMONIAL TEMPLE

9X9 81 GRID TEMPLE

GRAMA VINYASA

REFERS TO "TOWN PLANNING" WHEREIN THE TEMPLE IS USUALLY AT THE CENTER OF THE VILLAGE

DERASAR / BANDITRI

THIRTA (ANY HOLY PLACE) KNOWN AS MOUNTAINS OF IMMORTALITY AND IS CONSIDERED AS THE RICHEST TEMPLE IN THE WORLD

SHIKAR-BANDHI

MAIN TEMPLE WITH DOME

GAMBHARA

MAIN ALTAR AND IS THE MAIN PART OF THE TEMPLE WITH A STONE-CARVED IDOL

GHAR JAIN

HOME TEMPLE WITHOUT DOME

TIRTHANKARAS

CONQUEST OF FOUR CARDINAL DIRECTIONS

LAHORE FORT

THE CITADEL COMPLEX STARTED BY EMPEROR AKBAR; MEANS ROYAL IN PUNJAB; HAS 21 MONUMENTS AND ELEPHANT SHAPED COLUMNS

OLD DELHI FORT

BUILT WITH RED SANDSTONE AND HAS A FLORAL DECO DOUBLE DOME

KHAS MAHAL

EMPEROR'S APARTMENT

HAMMAM

WOMEN'S BATH

MOTI MASJID

PEARL MOSQUE (MADE OUT OF WHITE MARBLE)

RANG MAHAL

EMPEROR'S WIVES AND MISTRESSES

DIWAN I AAM

HALL OF AUDIENCE AND FOR RESEARCH

JHAROKA

ORNATE MARBLE CANOPY THAT IS USED BY THE PRIME MINISTER (WAZIR)

TAJ MAHAL

STARTED A YEAR AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH IN 1631, AND WAS THEN COMPLETED AFTER 22 YEARS; KNOWN AS THE PALACE OF THE CROWN AND PEARL OF INDIA

SHAH JAHAN

MADE THE TAJ MAHAL

MUMTAZ MAHAL

SHAH JAHAN'S WIFE

PARADISE

THE TAJ MAHAL BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION FROM QUARAN

DARWAZA

MAIN GATE

BAGEECHA

GARDEN

MAJID

MOSQUE

NAQOUAR KHAN

REST HOUSE

RAUZA

MOSOLEUM

PIETRA DURA

GEOMETRIC ARTWORK

WAREHOUSES

THE INITIAL STRUCTURES UNDER BRITISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA