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KSHEPAṆA—The projection. A moulding above the plinth in pedestal, generally placed between a dado and cyma, a fillet and cyma, or a petal and fillet. Etymologically it would indicate a moulding like a spout to throw off water, and in this office it would resemble the corona (kapota), i.e. the square projection having a broad vertical face and the soffit or under portion recessed so as to form a drip which prevents water from running down the building. In bases it would resemble a cornice (cf. M. xiv. 370) which is used as the term for any crowning projection. In this sense it is also found in the western architecture (cf. Fletcher, Hist. of Arch. figs. nos. 191, 192, 197, 198).