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Amalaka
Also called amalakas, āmalaka, bhumi-amalaka
The large ribbed stone disc that crowns a Nagara shikhara, named after the fruit of the āmalaka tree.
See also: Kalasha
Rules that use the word
The curvilinear shikhara in storeys. Raise over the sanctum a tower whose faces curve inward towards the top (rekha), divided into storeys (bhumis) that are marked on the corners by small ribbed discs (bhumi-amalakas).
Amalaka and kalasha. Crown the shikhara with a great ribbed stone disc, the amalaka, on a short neck, and set over it the kalasha, a water-pot finial.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters South and Southeast Asia.
A feature of Hindu Temple: Nagara (North Indian) architecture.
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