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jaḍyakumbha(inverted cyma recta), karṇikā (knife-edge astragal), and grāsapaṭṭi (chain of kirttimukhas) are present in all schools. On ornate temples of the Solanki style of Gujarat these are surmounted by friezes of elephants (gajathara), and humans (narathara); sometimes intervened by a frieze of horses (aśvathara).