An amalaka (Sanskrit: आमलक), is a segmented or notched stone disk, usually with ridges on the rim, that sits on the top of a Hindu temple's shikhara or...

Amalaka Ekadashi or Amalaki Ekadashi (Sanskrit: आमलकी एकादशी, romanized: Āmalakī Ekādaśī) is a Hindu holy day, celebrated on the 11th day (ekadashi) of...

the first myrobalan trees. The Amalaka Ekadashi is a Hindu occasion dedicated to Vishnu, venerating the myrobalan. Amalaka at the top of the Lingaraj temple...

Savitri Vrata Teej Tulasi Vivaha Vaikasi Visakam Holy days Akshaya Tritiya Amalaka Ekadashi Amavasya Ananta Chaturdashi Ashadhi Ekadashi Guru Purnima Kamada...

straight-sided shikhara tower over 55 metres (180 feet) high, with an amalaka near the top. The current structure dates from the Gupta Empire, in the...

moulding resembles Temple 47. The tower is capped with a cogged disc (amalaka) and above it is a hypethral linga. The walls of this temple feature niches...

King Sujata of Yasawatinagara 21 Phussa Puṣya Kāsika Jayasena - Sirimā Amalaka Vijitavi 22 Vipassī Vipaśyin Bandhumatī Bandhumā - Bandhumatī Pāṭalī (Stereospermum...

austere, but impressive; like a Hindu temple, it is topped with a small amalaka and a round finial like a kalasha. Unlike the buildings mentioned previously...

dome, whose exterior diameter measures 80 feet (24 m), is crowned by an amalaka. Originally, it was crowned by a chhatri. The tomb was originally painted...

vertical spires with diminishing miniature shikharas capped with a flat amalaka. The walls are decorated with geometrical patterns but are devoid of images...

in the Charaka Samhita, that use bibhitaki. A description of the Fourth Amalaka Rasaayan, which includes bibhitaki as one of the fruits: "By this treatment...

Carl Linnaeus in 1753 through Latinising its original Sanskrit name आमलक (āmalaka), to which the species have since been planted as ornamentals in various...

veranda has eight pillars of two types. One has an octagonal base with amalaka and lotus capital. The other lacks a distinctly shaped base, features an...

the tower is decorated with arch-like gavaksha window shapes below an amalaka cogged wheel-shaped crown. It is located on the bank of Vartu river and...

omphalos, helmet, tegurium, kubba, kalube, maphalia, vihdra, parasol, amalaka tree, cosmic egg, and heavenly bowl. While the modern terms are purely...

by existing evidence. However, the supporting features of copings and amalakas (a bulbous stone finial) have been found in the ruins, which supports the...

parterres are all in bloom, and the soft cool green of the mango, jaman, amalaka, and nim trees has not yet been spoiled by the hot, dusty winds of the...

curvilinear profile of squares diminishing as they rise towards the sky. The amalaka and kalasha of the northern style, however, are damaged and not in place...

Kosambi. Charles Allen writes that Ashoka built this Monastery and that the Amalaka stupa outside the monastery was built to commemorate his death.[citation...

Savitri Vrata Teej Tulasi Vivaha Vaikasi Visakam Holy days Akshaya Tritiya Amalaka Ekadashi Amavasya Ananta Chaturdashi Ashadhi Ekadashi Guru Purnima Kamada...

plan, and the walls are variegated by ressaults (called rathas or pagas). Amalaka (also called mastaka), a stone disk with ridges on the rim, is placed over...

tall, with sloping walls. The dome is capped by a structure similar to an amalaka found on Hindu temples. The mausoleum is built entirely of red brick, bounded...

Type Location Builder Comment 80 t ~66 m (Vimana) Brihadisvara Temple Amalaka block Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India Chola Empire (1010 AD) Block of granite...

Suprabhedagama 31 Amalaka a crowning ornament on the top of shikara, shape of an Indian amalok fruit that looks like a cogged wheel. The amalaka supports the...

state. However, after the partial collapse of the Jagannath Temple (in the Amalaka part of the temple) on 14 June 1990, people became apprehensive and considered...

named Hastāmalaka (one with the amalaka fruit in his hand) since the knowledge of the Self was natural to him like an Amalaka fruit in one's hand. Adi Shankara...

belief that the god Vishnu resides in and near the tree, particularly on Amalaka Ekadashi. Ashoka tree - The ashoka tree is closely associated with the...

pleasures. The asuras also arrived in succession to end Amalaka's penance. As soon as Amalaka opened his eyes, flames erupted from them. The asuras were...

Savitri Vrata Teej Tulasi Vivaha Vaikasi Visakam Holy days Akshaya Tritiya Amalaka Ekadashi Amavasya Ananta Chaturdashi Ashadhi Ekadashi Guru Purnima Kamada...

and a damaged tower that had a curvilinear shikhara. The damaged tower's amalaka crown lies on the ground. A colonnaded and covered ambulatory passage with...