The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c8.21

v1.c8.21

Then follows the neck, *galā*, 2½ inches, serving as the support of a rounded moulding, *kāṅgani*, 3 inches thick. A neck then follows, and on it is placed a vase, or jar, named *gāgri*. It should be 18 inches high. Upon it stands a second jar, 9 inches long, and sometimes a third of a smaller size, which supports the metal cap and the trident, or the discus, each of which should measure 18 inches in length. The steeple is generally slender, having straight sloping sides, but occasionally its outline is curvilinear. In its simplest form, the steeple rises from above the cornice without any basement; but generally it has four little turrets or pinnacles, *khirkibhadras*, on the four corners: in ornate forms the turrets are ranged in tiers, and their number is multiplied till, in the most elaborate specimens, there are as many as 108 of them, arranged in six tiers.