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बलानक (balAnaka)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
balānaka (HA), a maṇḍapa above the entrance of a Jain
shrine or the courtyard of a shrine, later known as ṭhākorkhānā.
(BL), a stone seat.
(EI 8), same as Marāṭhī balāṇī, ‘a raised seat along the
walls of the gābhāra or sabhā-maṇḍapa of a temple.’