[Y-Indology] Amalaka

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--- naga_ganesan <naga_ganesan wrote:

 

 

 

> The amalaka is a watery ribbed fruit resembling a

> water-filled

> kalasham. So, on top of the vimanam to place

> a water-pot or its near equivalent, amalaka fruit, I

> think.

 

 

Aamalaka is the notched ringstone resembling the fruit

Embilic Myrobolan that goes above the beki [neck] in

the shiikhara of a Norrthern Indian temple.

 

[The aamalakas in the temples at Pattakdal, espeially

the Galageshvara/Galagnath, and the Virupaaksha

temples, have almost spherical aamalakas resembling

the shape of the fruit. Most, generally later, temples

have flattened aamalakas. Pattakdal is an interesting

site because it is the meeting place for the Northern

Shiikharii and Southern Kutiina types of temples.]

 

A kalasha is different from an aamalaka. The kalasha

[water jar] goes above the aamalaka. Above the kalasha

is the dhavja. The sequence is aamalaka, kalasha,

dhvaja.

 

Cheers.

Jogesh Panda