The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.42.6

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Above the last, and enclosed by two rows of fillets, occurs a line of cruciated four petalled flowers, evidently the golden jasmine (*Jasminum fruticans*): the top is surmounted by a number of ornamented lancet-heads placed at short intervals. This moulding is of rare occurrence, and the only specimen noticed, was seen on the Mukteśvara temple. No. 17 from the Rājarāṇi temple is even more singular. It is formed of a range of either cucurbitaceous, or solenaceous, pyri-form ribbed fruits, or perhaps some flower buds strung together. No. 27 from Paraśurāmeśvara exhibits a combination of billets and pellets in a string-course. It has for its crest a peacock with a foliated tail similar to that in No. 23.