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KŪṬA—The peak or summit, head, top.
(1) The top of a building: karṇa-kūṭa, śālā-kūṭa (M. XIX. 55, 57, XV. 134, LX. 45, LXX. 20).
(2) Ekaika-bhāgaṁ syāt tu kūṭa-śālādikaṁ nayet | Adho bhāga-dvayenātha kūṭam ekena vā bhavet | Kūṭa-śālā (v. 92), mūla-kūṭa, vāṇa-kūṭa (95). (Kāmikāgama, L. 88, 80, 92, 95).
(3) Pinnacle: Māṭa-kūṭa-prākāra-khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-jīrṇṇoddhāra-kam—for the repairs of whatever might become broken or torn or worn-out belonging to the enclosure, with beautiful pinnacles. (Inscrip. at Ablur, no. E, lines 59, 76, Ep. Ind. vol. V. pp. 249, 257, 250, 258). Śivāgamokta-vāge parvvata-pramāṇada degulamam tri-kūṭa-vāge—in accordance with Śiva traditions, founded a temple with three pinnacles, as vast as a mountain. (Ibid no. E, line 74, Ep. Ind. vol. v. pp 250, 258).
(4) Tārā-gaṇeshūnnata-kūṭa-koṭi-taṭārppitāsūjvala-dīpikāsu | “Like clusters of stars the bright lamps be placed on its pinnacles.” (Ep. Carnat. vol. XII. Gubbi Taluq, no. 61, Roman text, p. 49, lines 28; Transl. p. 29, line 17).