<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">śikharas</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>gajapṛṣṭha</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>cāpākāra</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>rudracchanda</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>caturkhaṇḍa rēkhā</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>caturbhūma</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>rēkhāśikhara</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Latina</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>karkara-śikhara</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Viṣṇucchanda</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Viṣṇucchanda śikhara</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>sabhākāra</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Brahmacchanda</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>aṣṭabhūma</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>śālākāra</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>śālā-śikhara</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>sabhāśikhara</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>towers</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Hindu religious building fixtures</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>shikaras</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>shikharas</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sikars</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sikhara</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sikharas</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sikhras</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sikras</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>śikhara</topic></variant> <note 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 ]]></note></mads>