Definition of Vahalkada. Meaning of Vahalkada. Synonyms of Vahalkada

- A vahalkada (Sinhala: වාහල්කඩ), known as a frontispiece in English, is a structure constructed joining a stupa at its four cardinal directions as a decorative...
- only one Vahālkaḍa survives more or less intact. According to A. M. Hocart, in 1928 all four cardinal points of the Mirisavetiya Dāgäba Vahālkaḍa structures...
- onion. An ornamented vahalkada was added to stupa design around the 2nd century; the earliest is at Chaitya. The four vahalkadas face the cardinal points...
- (chudamanikya). There are other constructions ****ociated with the stupa: Vahalkada (frontispiece) This is a structure constructed joining the stupa at its...
- onion. An ornamented vahalkada was added to the stupa around the second century; the earliest is at Chaitya. The four vahalkadas face the cardinal points...
- which adorn the wooden pillars of the drummers' hall, as well as the "Vahalkada" (the entrance porch of the Devala, which is said to be older) are some...
- Korawakgala Madol Kurupawa Muragala Pekada Sandakada pahana Suna gal Vahalkada Notable cities Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa Kandy Colombo Jaffna Galle Theory...
- Korawakgala Madol Kurupawa Muragala Pekada Sandakada pahana Suna gal Vahalkada Notable cities Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa Kandy Colombo Jaffna Galle Theory...
- Korawakgala Madol Kurupawa Muragala Pekada Sandakada pahana Suna gal Vahalkada Notable cities Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa Kandy Colombo Jaffna Galle Theory...
- pedestals, and rock-cut ponds. Uniquely, four carved stone guardstones (vāhalkada) are found on the stupa terrace—something not seen in any other temple...