bhumija
bhumijaA Nagara spire covered with a lattice of miniature spirelets in vertical and horizontal rows.
Where this term appears
- Anatomy of a Hindu Temple: Gopuram to Garbhagriha Temples
… their families: the single latina spire, the clustered sekhari , the bhumija with its rows of little spirelets running up the face.
- Nagara, Dravida and Vesara: The Styles of the Hindu Temple Temples
…spire clustered with subsidiary half-spires, the urushringa ) and the bhumija (a lattice of miniature spirelets running up the tower).
- What is a Hindu Temple? Temples
Within it scholars name sub-types: latina , the single soaring spire; sekhari , clustered with subsidiary spirelets; bhumija , with rows of miniature towers climbing the faces.