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...
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Amalaka Ekadashi or Amalaki Ekadashi (Sanskrit: आमलकी एकादशी, romanized: Āmalakī Ekādaśī) is a Hindu holy day, celebrated on the 11th day (ekadashi) of...
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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...
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Savitri Vrata Teej Tulasi Vivaha Vaikasi Visakam Holy days Akshaya Tritiya Amalaka Ekadashi Amavasya Ananta Chaturdashi Ashadhi Ekadashi Guru Purnima Kamada...
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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...
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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...
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King Sujata of Yasawatinagara 21 Phussa Puṣya Kāsika Jayasena - Sirimā Amalaka Vijitavi 22 Vipassī Vipaśyin Bandhumatī Bandhumā - Bandhumatī Pāṭalī (Stereospermum...
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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...
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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...
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vertical spires with diminishing miniature shikharas capped with a flat amalaka. The walls are decorated with geometrical patterns but are devoid of images...
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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...
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Carl Linnaeus in 1753 through Latinising its original Sanskrit name आमलक (āmalaka), to which the species have since been planted as ornamentals in various...
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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...
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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...
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omphalos, helmet, tegurium, kubba, kalube, maphalia, vihdra, parasol, amalaka tree, cosmic egg, and heavenly bowl. While the modern terms are purely...
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by existing evidence. However, the supporting features of copings and amalakas (a bulbous stone finial) have been found in the ruins, which supports the...
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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...
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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...
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Kosambi. Charles Allen writes that Ashoka built this Monastery and that the Amalaka stupa outside the monastery was built to commemorate his death.[citation...
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Savitri Vrata Teej Tulasi Vivaha Vaikasi Visakam Holy days Akshaya Tritiya Amalaka Ekadashi Amavasya Ananta Chaturdashi Ashadhi Ekadashi Guru Purnima Kamada...
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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...
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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...
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Type Location Builder Comment 80 t ~66 m (Vimana) Brihadisvara Temple Amalaka block Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India Chola Empire (1010 AD) Block of granite...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Savitri Vrata Teej Tulasi Vivaha Vaikasi Visakam Holy days Akshaya Tritiya Amalaka Ekadashi Amavasya Ananta Chaturdashi Ashadhi Ekadashi Guru Purnima Kamada...
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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...
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