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TORAṆA—An arch, a canopy, a gate-way of a temple or stūpa, a peg, a mechanical arrangement of blocks of any hard material disposed in the line of some curve and supporting one another by their mutual pressure. It is employed both as an architectural member, as well as an ornament to buildings, thrones, pedestals for an image, boundary walls, and over gate-ways, cars and chariots.