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NIRYŪHA—A kind of a turret-like ornament on columns or gates a pinnacle, a turret; a chaplet, a crest, a head ornament, the crest of a helmet; a peg or bracket projecting from a wall to hang or place anything upon (*cf.* NĀGA-NIRYŪHA); wood placed in a wall for doves to build their nest upon: a door, a gate.