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ANTARITA—A fillet.
(1) A moulding of the pedestal, the base and also of the entablature. In base it is connected with another crowning moulding called āliṅga and in pedestal with prativājana. In its office and situation it would resemble a fillet. Its synonyms are—vājana, kshepaṇa, vetra, paṭṭa, uttara, paṭṭikā, kampa, dṛikka, and maṇḍa, etc. (M. xvi, 46-47). A crowning moulding of the pedestal and the base :
(2) Tad-ūrdhve'ntaritaṁ chāṁsaṁ tat-samaṁ prativājanam। Ekaṁ chāntaritaṁ chordhve sārdhāṁśaṁ prativājanam। (M. xiii, 58, 69, etc.) Āliṅgam aṁśakaṁ chaiva tat-samāntaritaṁ tathā। Āliṅgam aṁśakaṁ chordhve aṁśenāntaritaṁ tathā। (M. xiv, 51, 101, etc.).
(3) The 10th moulding from the top of the entablature (See “Kāmikāgama” liv, 2, under *Prāsāda*). (See Rām Rāz, “Ess. Arch. of Hind.” p. 25).