वास्तु मण्डन (मण्डन सूत्रधार - गृह, राजप्रासाद, दुर्ग एवं नगर-वास्तु सटीक)

Index-Glossary 249
Nāka – Heave, 3.92
Nāla – Tube, 3.69, 72, 73
Nandā – A title, number nine. pratipadā, ṣaṣṭhī, ekādaśī these
three are known as Nandā
Nāḍi – Chord, 2.74
Narālaya – human abode, 4.122
Nilaya – A house with two doors on east and west, 7.9
Nindita – Prohibited, forbidden, 7.10
Nirvāṇaṅgāra cūrṇakam – burnt coal dust, 3.79
Niryūha – Cross circle, a small tower, a large pin or bracket
projecting from wall, 8.39, 40
Nṛtyaśālā – dancing hall, 5.4
P
Pāda – Foot, quarter, fourth part, 8.79
Padāṁśa – a quarter, 3.12
Pādavyāsa – 1/4th of the breadth or diameter, 8.77
Pīṭha – A seat, pedestal, 8.76
Pañcaśālā – a house with combination of 1 to 4 śālās, 4.29
Pañjara – A cage, 3.48, 50, 51, 60
Pāṣaṇḍī – Buddha, Jaina heretics, 7.9
Paṭṭa/Bhūmikā – The floor of a house, a spot, site or storey, rectangular
fillet
Paṭṭaśālā – a religious establishment, lobby hall, 3.27, 28
Paṭṭī – Strap, band, 3.5
Parigha – big door bolt used in great gates of the towns and
their gopuras, Crossbars fasten the door, a beam,
metal bolts. For kumdas abode of bakas i.e., doves,
3.89
Parikhā – Moat, 5.11
Parivṛtti – change, alteration, 7.58