Bhumi

Also called bhumis

A storey of a Nagara shikhara, usually marked at the corners by a small bhumi-amalaka.

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).

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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