pitha in A Sentence

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    The Poda Pitha.

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    The linga- Pitha is generally square, but octagonal in the eastern cave- temple, at Malai- yakkovil.

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    One of them, the southern cave- temple, is a triple- celled unit containing in each unit a linga mounted on a rock- cut Pitha.

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    The Pitha in all cases is also rock- cut, or monolithic, and not a separate installation, and often the linga too is monolithic and of live rock.

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    Their adhishthana stands over a larger moulded platform, which would form the upa- Pitha, an optional member, often introduced in the design to elevate the height of a vimana.

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    The invariably square linga- Pitha has a projecting spout on its top to drain off the abhisheka water, and a cistern is cut into the rock floor below it to collect the same.

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    The northernmost section of lesser height has been utilized for cutting out the shorter Draupadi ratha and the storeyed Arjuna ratha, with a common platform, or upa- Pitha for both, below their separate adhishthanas.

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    The shrine- cells, or garbha- grihas, in all these cases are empty and do not contain either a rock- cut linga or linga- Pitha, as is common in the Pandya, Muttaraiyar and Chalukyan cave- temples.

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    In the earliest examples of the cave- temples as at Badami, the sanctum, or garbha- griha, is relatively small and just enough for the Pitha of the linga in the Siva cave- temples, and the image in others.

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    While many of the cave- temples dedicated to Siva have a rock- cut linga with a Pitha in the shrine, there are others where the iconic forms of Siva are represented as bas- reliefs on the rear wall of the sanctum.

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    But in the north of the Tamil country, in the Chalukya- Rashtrakuta cave- temples, the presence of the rock- cut linga- Pitha, though not always along with the linga on it, would suggest a continuity with the earlier prevailing trends in that area.

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    There one invariably finds pyramidally rising or, tiered superstructures terminating in a finial over the roofs of the mandapa in the axial or transverse line of the main prasada, the superstructures being of the ghantasamavarana type, or its simplified Pitha- peda type.

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    We have square sockets on the floor into which the square- sectioned lower part, or brahmabhaga, of the linga is inserted, and the Pitha assembled round its exposed base, as is found to be the case in the Pallava cave- temples, a feature starting from about AD 700.

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    Aarisa Pitha of Odisha, Gushtaba of Kashmir, Chicken Curry of Punjab, Khakhra and Khandvi of Gujarat, Bamboo Steam Fish, Vada and Medhu Vada of Karnataka, Khaja and Inarsa of Bihar, Kebab of Uttar Pradesh and Puran poli of Maharashtra have been selected as traditional regional food to be promoted in the ongoing campaign.

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    The main sanctum has a Somaskanda relief panel inside a special niche high upon its rear wall and visible above the top of the fluted linga stele, planted without a Pitha on the sanctum floor, unlike the other Rajasimha temples where the linga more or less hides the Somaskanda panel, set at the centre of the rear wall.

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