Jalavatayana, Jālavātāyana, Jala-vatayana: 2 definitions
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Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 ADJālavātāyana (जालवातायन).—Jālavātāyanas are architectural components of the temple fixed into the wall or any other portion of the building as required by the architect. Jālavātāyanas provide dim light and air in to the interiors of the temples, jālavātāyanas are called by the names jālaka and gavākṣa.
Jālavātāyanas are the traceries, made of wood or stone. Jālavātāyana are meant to provide light and air to the interiors of the temple. Jālavātāyanas may be in the form of a slab fixed in the place of a window or in the form of a door shutter or in the form of the traceried slab fixed on the sides of doorjambs. Texts also give the same reason for the provision of jālavātāyanas in the context of temple architecture. Jālavātāyana are found on the walls of the antarāla, ardhamaṇḍapa, gūḍhamaṇḍapa, pradakṣiṇapatha and occasionally of the garbhagṛha.
Jālavātāyanas are normally carved in stone slabs, the thickness of which varies depending upon the nature of the perforations made. Texts mention that the jālavātāyana may be made of wood also. Because of the impermanency of the wood, stone medium is preferred in temple art. However, it is often noticed that wood is also used for this purpose in the door shutters of the temples.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJālavātāyana (ಜಾಲವಾತಾಯನ):—[noun] a ventilator with a lattice.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Jala, Vatayana.
Full-text: Ardhamandapa, Gudhamandapa, Bhitti.
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