Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c48.4

c48.4

*Bada*, cubical portion of a temple up to the roof or spire Balcony, outside balustraded platform *Bali-mandapa*, front hall (Chalukyan) Baluster, balustrade, a small pillar or column supporting a handrail. *Bamli*, court or courtyard *Bandhana*, a division or group of mouldings in the wall surface *Baoli* or *Wav*, step-well of Gujarat and western India Baradari, lit "twelve pillared," a pillared portico or pavilion, columned building *Barajhanji*, carving on the doorway of a temple (Orissa). *Barandi*, a division within the *bada* or cubical portion of the temple Barge-board, projecting roof to a gable. Baroque, fantastic, grotesque, a style common in Europe in the first half of the 18th cent Barrel-vault, cylindrical form of roof or ceiling Basalt, dark green or brown igneous rock *Basana*, a division or element in the wall surface Base, *kumbhi*, *athisthana*, lower portion of any structure or feature Basilica, applied to a large hall for the administration of justice. Bas-relief, carving of low projection *Basti*, temple, (Kanarese districts) Bastion, projecting part of a fortification Batter, slope, rake Battlements, indented parapet, *kanjur* Bay, a division or compartment; between pillars, a *chauki* Bazaar, market Bead and Fillet, small cylindrical moulding resembling a string of beads Beam, lintel, long piece of stone or wood supported at both ends. *Bedi*, hall for reading the *beds* or *vedas*. *Begun*, egg plant, hence the Begunia group of temples in Bengal as they are presumed to resemble this fruit. *Beki*, the cylindrical stone below the *amla* in the finial of a building Berm, ledge, or narrow open passage *Bhadra*, flat face or facet of the sikhara (tower) *Bhamli*, cells in the inner face of the containing wall of a temple *Bhoga-mandapa*, the refectory hall of a temple (Orissa) *Bhrama* (Guj) circumambulatory passage (*pradakshina patha*) *Bhumika*, story, stage Boast, boasting, stone projection left for purpose of carving *Bodhika*, capital of a column. *Bodigai*, *pushpabodhica*, projecting bracket or corbel of a Dravidian capital Boss, ornament projecting in form of a large knob. Bracket, projecting ornament or support. *Brahma-kanda*, column, rectangular in section, in the Northern style Bulbous, shaped like a bulb, nearly spherical Bund, dam or embankment. *Burj*, tower Buttress, support built against a wall