The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.4

c49.4

ḌAGABA. A solid dome built over the relics of Buddha or a Buddhist saint. The term is more especially applied to those rock-cut ones in Chaitya caves. ḌEVĪ. ‘Goddess’. More particularly applied, alone, to Pārvatī or Lakshmī. Queens and princesses were accorded this title. ḌHENUKA. A demon, in the form of an ass, destroyed by Rama. ḌĪPADĀN. A lamp pillar. ḌODḌA BASAPPA. The same as Basava. ḌŪSHAṆA. One of the heroes of the Mahābhārata. ḌVĀRAPĀLA. A doorkeeper.