Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c20.3

c20.3

*Ajāneya*, see *Mahā ājāneya* *Ājānubāhu* 239 *Aksha*, axle 41 *Alaka*, *alakāvali* 318 *Alambusā* 136 *Alasā*, *Alasakanyā* 229 *Amareśvara Śiva* 283 *Amatra* 41 *Ambhovihāra* 226 *Ambikā* 34, 45, 49 *Amritaghaṭa* 244, 259 *Ananta* 46, 48 —*śāyī* 49 *Anantagumphā* 184 *Anasa*, cart 41 *Anekavaktraka*, with many mouths 72 *Āndhra-Sātavāhana* 277 f. *Aṅgajarūpa* 71 *Anihata* 115 *Añjalipaggahā* 300, 301 *Aṅkuśa*, goad 312 *Anotatta* (*Anavatapta*) 60, 90 *Antarikshachara* 88 *Antarvedi* 55 *Āpānagoshṭhī* 249 *Āpānakamadhya-praviṣṭa-rakta-mūlaka* 312 *Aparājita* 116 *Aparamahāvinaseliya* 297, 298 *Aparaseliya*, *Avaraseliya* 278, 298 *Apsarasas*, nymphs 7, 45, 135-6 *Alambusā*, *Miśrakeśī*, *Subhadrā*, *Sudarśanā* 135 *Apūpa* 46, 49 *Ara*, spoke 41 *Araṇi* 46 *Archā*, image 5 architect, *vāstuvidyāchārya* 59, 109, *mahāvaḍḍhaki* 59, *selavaḍḍhaki* 298, 186, *Mahā-silākammantika* 187, *viśvakarmā* 40, *sthapati* 56, 109, *rājatakṣa* his science, *vaththu* 3, *vāstuveda* 57, *vāstuvidyā* 58, 65, *vasthukamma* 58 his work, *kamma*, *selakamma* 59, 186, 187, *navakamma* 298 superintendent of work, *navakarmika* 285, 298, *mahānavakarmika* 285 Architecture, —material rich in Pali literature 62 f. —some interesting terms from Jaina Āgama literature 67 rock-cut, see *chaitya*, *vihāra*, cave *āchchhādana*, encasing 120; *śilā-kañchuka* *āḍitala*, ground floor 63; *tala* *aggalā*, transverse bar 64, 64 *aggalapāsāya* 66 *phusitaggala* 64 *agniguhā* 47 *agniśālā* 42, 43, 161 *āhāramaṇḍapa* 63 *ajira* 42, 210 *akhkhāḍaga*, stage 67 *ākrīḍa*, stadium or arena 303; also called *akshavāṭaka* or *mallaśālā*, at Nagarjunikonda *ākāśatala*, top-floor 63; see *tala* *aksha*, outlet for smoke in roof 44; see *dhūmanetra* *akshavāṭaka*, arena 303; see *ākrīḍa* *ālambanapiṇḍikā* 127 *alinda*, *alindā*, entrance hall 62, 298; see *dvārakoṣṭhaka* *alpeśakhya*, small Stūpa 92, 120, 290, 301; see *maheśakhya* *āmalakaśilā*, crowning stone on *śikhara* 122 *anekastambhāśata-sanniviṣṭa*, theatre hall supported on many columns 67 aṇḍa, drum or abacus of a pillar-capital 98, 100 aṇḍa, hemispherical dome of stūpa 126, 208 aṅgaṇa, courtyard 42, 62; also prāṅgaṇa 210, ajira 42, 210 aṇidvāra, small door 67; also uttarapāsaga 67 antarāla-maṇḍapa 207 antepura, inner apartment 42, 62; also patnisadana 42, 43 antepurikā, see above apavaraka 186, see ovaraka apsidal, see besara ārāma, garden 249 ardhacandra, apsidal 313; see besara āsanapeḍhi, āsana-piḍha, āsana-pīṭhikā, āsana-peṇḍikā,-piṇḍika, podium 210, 175 assembly hall 18-9, 42, 62, 63, 67, 85, 86, 87-8, 103 āsthānamaṇḍapa, assembly hall; sabhā, saṃthāgāra, sadas, āsthāyikā, darbar-i-am (bahirāsthāna-maṇḍapa); see Chandraguptasabhā 86, at Kumrahar 86, Sudharmāsabhā. aśvathara 211, see thara assaśālā, aśvasthāna-maṇḍapa, stable for horses 62, 63 aśvavatī śālā 44 aṭṭālaka, bastion or tower 17, 19, 61, 66, 68, 75, 84 aṭṭhaṃsika, octagon 62, 130, 131, 183, 184, 204, 288 āvattapeḍhiyā, hinges 67 āvesina, stone mason 149, 298 āyāga (=āryaka) 231 āyagapaṭṭa, tablet of homage 159, 232, 233, 234, 231, 265, 288