<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">śikharas</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31323700</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:27:17</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">shikaras</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">shikharas</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">sikars</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">sikhara</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">sikharas</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">sikhras</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">sikras</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">śikhara</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ In the temple architecture of India, towers or spires, usually tapering in a convex curve in a crowning cupola-like roof of superstructure. Includes towers, spires (North India); crowning domes (South India); crowning cupolas (in case of Drāviḍa vimānas); Types: Brahmacchandra (Caturasra), Viṣṇucchandra (Aṣṭāsra), Rudracchanda (Vṛtta), Gajapṛṣṭha (apsidai), Sabhākāra, Śālākāra (wagon-Vault); also north Indian Nāgara/Bhūmija temple’s superstructure ]]></dc:description></metadata>