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TĀṬ(-Ḍ)AṄKA—An ornament for the ear of an image.
(1) Karṇe vibhūshaṇaṁ kuryān makarāṅkita-kuṇḍalam । Athavā svarṇa-tāṭaṅkau. . . । (*M.*, l, 43-44; *see also* 294, etc.)
(2) *See* Deopara Inscrip. of Vijayasena (v. 11, *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. 1, pp. 308, 313).
(3) Tāḍaṅka-darpaṇo nāma dvitīyo'ṅkaḥ—'the second act named the reflecting ear-ring.'—(*Dhāra Praśasti* of Arjunavarman, line 82, *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. viii, pp. 116, 100.)