- An
amalaka (Sanskrit: आमलक), is a
segmented or
notched stone disk,
usually with
ridges on the rim, that sits on the top of a
Hindu temple's
shikhara or...
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Amalaka Ekadashi or
Amalaki Ekadashi (Sanskrit: आमलकी एकादशी, romanized: Āmalakī Ekādaśī) is a
Hindu holy day,
celebrated on the 11th day (ekadashi) of...
- the
first myrobalan trees. The
Amalaka Ekadashi is a
Hindu occasion dedicated to Vishnu,
venerating the myrobalan.
Amalaka at the top of the
Lingaraj temple...
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moulding resembles Temple 47. The
tower is
capped with a
cogged disc (
amalaka) and
above it is a
hypethral linga. The
walls of this
temple feature niches...
- austere, but impressive; like a
Hindu temple, it is
topped with a
small amalaka and a
round finial like a kalasha.
Unlike the
buildings mentioned previously...
- straight-sided
shikhara tower over 55
metres (180 feet) high, with an
amalaka near the top. The
current structure dates from the
Gupta Empire, in the...
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named Hastāmalaka (one with the
amalaka fruit in his hand)
since the
knowledge of the Self was
natural to him like an
Amalaka fruit in one's hand. Adi Shankara...
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vertical spires with
diminishing miniature shikharas capped with a flat
amalaka. The
walls are
decorated with
geometrical patterns but are
devoid of images...
- dome,
whose exterior diameter measures 80 feet (24 m), is
crowned by an
amalaka. Originally, it was
crowned by a chhatri. The tomb was
originally painted...
- the
tower is
decorated with arch-like
gavaksha window shapes below an
amalaka cogged wheel-shaped crown. It is
located on the bank of
Vartu river and...
