Madras Journal of Literature and ScienceVepery mission Press., 1881 |
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Aldermen architrave Arjuna's Penance Avatāra back wall bas-relief blocks brackets Braddock Brahmans built Carr Carr's cave cell ornaments centre chamber Charter Company containing cornice Court curved Dharmarāja's diameters dome domical cells doorway Draupadi's elephants emblems end wall excavation façade face Father Bouchet figures finished flat floor Fort St four-armed front gable Ganesa temple Gopuram griffin harbour head horse-shoe facets Idaiyan Padal India inscription Kāmarāja's Kāvali Krishna Mandapa Lakshmayya lingam lion Madras Madras Survey Map Mahishasura Mandapa monolithic shrine Nāga niches north end octagonal Olakkanneśvara temple old Tamil Pallava Pandava panels Pārvatī piers pilasters plain portico projecting Rāmānuja Ratha rock-cut roof rubble stone Saiva Śāluvankuppam sand Sanskrit scroll sculptured sculptured rocks SEVEN PAGODAS shore temple shrine cell side Śiva south end square standing storey structural temples style surmounted tableau tall terrace unfinished usual Vaishnava Varāhasvāmī verandah village goddess Vimāna Vishnu waggon-roofed Wheeler's Madras yards
