The Hindu Temple v2.c12.209

v2.c12.209

Higher up, a broad Vājana, or fillet—having for its enrichment (alaṃkāra) a Kīrttimukha in the centre—clasps the pillar-buttress before it is to be contracted into its neck on which rest the mouldings forming its capital. From the Kīrttimukha, extending on the main facet downwards, a heavy chain is carved terminating with a small bell in relief (prāsakiṅkiṇikā; S.S. LVII, 788).