Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.s1.3

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The number of railing women would be 32 on each side or 108 in all. There are some other interesting architectural terms, e.g *Kuḍḍa* (walls of *Gavākṣa* patterns), large posts (*Vaṃsaga*), transverse beams (*Paḍivaṃsaga*), upright smaller posts fixed in the ground (*Bhomā*), elevation (*Usseha*), tops (*Ulloya*), lattices (*jāla-pañjara*), side-walls (*Pakkhā*), bamboos for side walls (*Pakkhha-bāhā*), cross-beams (*Vaṃśa*), ribbings (*Vaṃśa-kavvilliya*), panels (*Paṭṭiyā*), screen walls (*Ohāḍaṇi*), and thatched layers above the ribbings (*Uvari-puchchaṇā*), ceiling (*Achchhāyaṇa*), peaks (*Kūṭa*), and finials (*Thūbhiyā*) (*Rāyapaseniya* sutta 97, see J. C. Jain, *Life in Ancient India as depicted in the Jain Canon*, p. 181).