urushringa
उरुशृङ्ग urushringaA subsidiary half-spire engaged against the main shikhara of a Nagara temple.
Where this term appears
- Nagara, Dravida and Vesara: The Styles of the Hindu Temple Temples
… shekhari (a central spire clustered with subsidiary half-spires, the urushringa ) and the bhumija (a lattice of miniature spirelets running up the tower).