The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.3

c49.3

CHAITYA. Term applied to the arched-roofed caves of the Buddhists. CHANDRAMAULĒŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva as the ‘Moon-crested.’ CHAJJA. An overhanging cornice. CHĀMUṆḌA. One of the fierce forms of Pārvatī and one of the *saptamātṛi*. CHAKRA. The discus of Viṣṇu. CHANDRAŚEKHARA. An epithet of Śiva as ‘He who wears a half moon on his forehead.’ CHANDRAŚILA. ‘Moonstone’, or the semicircular doorstep before a shrine. CHĀRPĀĪ. A bedstead or a litter on ‘four legs.’ CHAUMUKHA. Four images placed back to back, with their ‘four faces’ looking towards the four cardinal points. CHĀURĪ. A fly flap, generally made of yak tail in a silver-mounted handle. CHĀVAḌĪ. The village police station. CHHATRI. An umbrella, a light pavilion. CHHĀYĀ. ‘Shadow,’ one of the wives of Sūrya.