Tesaurus d'Art i Arquitectura Getty Institute 0000-00-00 2024-01-24 15:40:44 en śikharas300004878shikarasshikharassikarssikharaśikharasikharassikhrassikras 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 sikhara sikharas 2026-03-30 20:27:17