The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.10

c49.10

KĀSIDDHĒŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva. KAILĀSA. Śiva's mountain home or heaven. KAITABHĒŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva. KALAŚA. A pot, and hence applied to the pot-shaped finial of a temple. KALLĒŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva. KANSA. A chief slain by Kṛiṣhṇa. KĀRTIKĒYA. The god of war and leader of the forces of the gods. KĀŚIVIŚVĒŚVANĀTHA. An epithet of Śiva. KAUMĀRĪ. A name of Pārvatī, and *sakti* of Kārtikēya. KAURAVAS or KURUS. The one hundred sons of Dhṛitarāshṭra who contended with the Pāṇḍvas in the war of the Mahābhārata. KEŚAVA. A name of Vishṇu. KIRTIMUKHA. 'Face of fame'; a grotesque mask much used in old Hindu architecture. Probably a conventionalised lion's face. KĪRTISTAMBHA. 'Pillar of fame'; a pillar or column erected as a separate architectural feature. The term is also applied to an ornamental entrance or gateway erected upon two lofty pillars. KṚISHṆA. One of the incarnations of Vishṇu. KUVERA or KUBERA. The god of wealth and guardian of the north.