[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942) › c48.4 # Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c48.4 Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c48.4 - **Language:** English ### [c48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.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 - [Previous: c48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c48.3) - [Next: c48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c48.5) - [Up: c48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c48) ## Cites (1) - [Bada](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bada) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c48.4) · Pramāṇa