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Physical Attributes Facet
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Design Elements (hierarchy name)
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design elements (attributes)
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<design elements by function>
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bhūmi-āmalaka
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double sided (design element)
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isotherms
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plimsoll lines
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motifs
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āmalasāraka
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amṛta-ghaṭa
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ardhadarpaṇa
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ardharatna
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bakula (motif)
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braids (motifs)
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cabochons (design motifs)
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caitya-gavākṣa
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cakra (motif)
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candelabrum (motifs)
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chakras (motifs)
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channavīra
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chatra
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chintamani
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clasps (motifs)
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combs (motifs)
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compass roses
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coquillage
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crosses (motifs)
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cūlā
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darpaṇa
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dharmacakra
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drolleries
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earrings (motifs)
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ehecacozcatl (motif)
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ewer (motifs)
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fetters (motifs)
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<figure- and animal-derived motifs>
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fillets (motifs)
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gadā (motif)
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gagāraka
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geometric motifs
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ghaṇṭāmālā
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glories
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gōmutrikā
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Gōnētra
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grāsakīṅkaṇikā
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grāsakiṅkiṇikā
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grāsamālā
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grāsapaṭṭaka
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grīvādēvatās
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grotesques
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güls
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hairbands (motifs)
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hearts (motifs)
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heraldic motifs
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induśālikā
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jālamālā
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jalapatra
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jaṭājūṭa
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jaṭāmukuṭa
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kadalipuṣpa
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kaikalaks
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karṇakuṇḍala
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kiṅkiṇi
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kīrttimukhas
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knots (motifs)
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kōṇapaṭṭa
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kūṭākāra
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kūṭastambha
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labyrinths (motifs)
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lakuṭa
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lambana
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latāpatra
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linenfold
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lingams (motifs)
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maṇipadaka
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maṇipaṭṭī
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mañjarī
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mēṣavyāla
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<motifs for books>
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muktādāma
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muktāgrāsa
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muktājāla
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muktāpadma
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muktāvali
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muktā-varāla
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mukula
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mukuṭa
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musala
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nāga (motif)
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nāgabandha
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nāgacakra
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nāgapāśa
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nāgāyudha
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nandyāvarta
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natural element motifs
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navanidhis
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nidhighaṭa
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nidhikalaśa
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padmajāla
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pañcāgnitapas
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pañcamaṅgala
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pañjara
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paraśu
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paricārikā
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paterae (motifs)
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patra
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plant-derived motifs
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prabhāmaṇḍala
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pramatha-vallī
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pūrṇaghaṭa
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pūrṇakalaśa
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pūrṇa-kamala
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pūrṇakumbha
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puṣpa
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puṣpapatra
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puṣparatna
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puṣpa-tōraṇa
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puṣpavallī
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quodlibet
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ratna
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ratnapaṭṭa
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ratnāvali
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ribbonwork (motif)
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ropework (motif)
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ṛṣi
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rūpa
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sahasradala-kamala
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sahasrakūṭa
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śālabhañjikā
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sālmali
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Saṁvaraṇā
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sandıklı (motif)
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śaṅkha
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śaṅkhanidhi
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śaṅkhāvarta
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sarvatōbhadrikā
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śatadala-kamala
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scrolls (motifs)
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serpentiforms (motifs)
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shields (motifs)
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shou
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siṁhapañjara
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singerie
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S-motifs
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staffs of Asclepius
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stambha-tōraṇa
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śūla
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suparṇa
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tamāla
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tamālapatra
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tetraskelions
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trifid
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triskelions
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triśula (motif)
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trumpet spirals
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udīcyavēṣa
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vajra
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vajrabandha
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valli
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vallī-khaṇḍa
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vallī-maṇḍala
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vandanamālā
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vṛttasphuṭita
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whiplash curves
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yaṣṭi
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yonis (motifs)
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zodiac symbols
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ornament areas
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borders (ornament areas)
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cartouches (ornament)
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designs (ornament areas)
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exergues
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fields (ornament areas)
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friezes (ornamental areas)
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haṁsa-cakravāka-paṭṭī
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haṁsapaṭṭī
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haṁsapīṭha
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haṁsāvalī
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illikāvalaṇa
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khurapaṭṭī
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medallions (ornament areas)
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panels (ornament areas)
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parṇamālāpaṭṭī
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parṇapaṭṭī
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puṣpapaṭṭī
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ratnapaṭṭī
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rūpadhārā
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rūpaka
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siṁhapaṭṭī
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siṁhapīṭha
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tabulae ansatae
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tulāsaṅgraha
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vallipaṭṭā
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vallī-paṭṭikā
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vasantapaṭṭikā
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vyālaśākhā
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patterns (design elements)
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<patterns by general type>
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<patterns by specific type>
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