84000 Glossary of Terms

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དབང་པོའི་ཕུར་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • དབང་པོའི་ཕུར་པ།

  • dbang po’i phur pa
  • indrakīla
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • iron bolt
  • དབང་པོའི་ཕུར་པ།
  • dbang po’i phur pa
  • indrakīla
Definition in this text:

More literally rendered as “Indra’s stake,” the term indrakīla is used in Indic architectural treatises to refer to any pin, nail, or bolt used to firmly bind other architectural features together. The term can also be used to refer generically to a mountain, likely due to its similar firm and unwavering nature.

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དབང་པོའི་སྡོང་པོ།

  • indrakīla
  • indrikīla
  • threshold beam