gavaksha
गवाक्ष gavakshaThe 'cow's eye': the horseshoe-arch motif, derived from an early window form, that covers the surface of a vimana or a deul.
Where this term appears
- Anatomy of a Hindu Temple: Gopuram to Garbhagriha Temples
…eated everywhere across the stone, in stacked rows and arches, is the gavaksha , the "cow's-eye", an ogee window-motif descended from the horseshoe arches of the early rock-cut caves, multiplied across the surf…