The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.1

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ĀCHĀRYA. A teacher. ĀDIKE-NĀRĀYANA. A name of Vishnu. AGNI. The god of fire, and the guardian of the south-east point of the compass. AINDRĪ or INDRĀNĪ. The *śakti*, wife or female counterpart of Indra. AMALAKA, AMALAŚILA or AMALASARI. The flat melon-shaped crowning member under the finial, of a northern type of tower. AṄKUŚA. The elephant goad, one of the symbols carried by Indra. ARDHACHANDRA. The semicircular doorstep before a shrine door. ARDHANĀRĪ. Śiva represented as one half male and the other half female—Śiva and Pārvatī. ARJUNA. The name of the third of the Pāṇḍava brothers; son of Kuntī by Indra. ĀSANA. A seat or throne. ASHTADIKPĀLAS. The eight regents or guardians of the four cardinal and four intermediate points of the compass. ĀSURAS. Demons, as opposed to the *suras* or gods. AVATĀRA. An incarnation. There were ten special ones of Vishnu.