Gandhi

Japanese: ガンディ - がんでぃ
Gandhi

…In Indian temple architecture, the term originally meant the top, and came to mean the roof of a temple. In northern-type architecture, which is widespread across a wide area in the northern half of India, it refers to the tall, bullet-shaped spire that forms the roof of a Vimana (main hall), the tower body being called the Gandhi and the tower top being called the Mastaka (Figure 1). In southern-type architecture, it refers to the small roof at the top of the high, oblong tower of a Vimana, and there are various types of it (Figure 2). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Gandhi" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…インド寺院建築の用語で,〈頂(いただき)〉という原義から,寺院の屋根を意味するようになった。インド北半の広い地域に分布する北型建築では,ビマーナ(本殿)の屋根を形成する砲弾形の高い尖塔を指し,その塔身部をガンディ,塔頂部をマスタカと呼ぶ(図1)。南型建築では,ビマーナの方錐高塔部の頂にある小屋根をいい,その形式はさまざまである(図2)。…

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