<?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">mattavāraṇa</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>vēdī-mattavāraṇa</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>railings</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>mattavarana</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ In Indian architecture, a rail or seat-back ornamented with fencing and sometimes with elephant-head design at the base; sometimes vēdī, sometimes kakṣāsana; balustered dado (formed by rājasēna, vēdikā, āsanapaṭṭa, sometimes inclusive of the kakṣāsana above); older examples in a few cases show varana (elephant) figures; (in a restricted sense); vēdikā-enclosure. ]]></note></mads>