Terms vs Chhatra - What's the difference?
terms | chhatra |
A ritual or ceremonial parasol in South Asia.
*1838 , Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , Vol. 7, part 2:
*:A gift of land is held to be complete in all its parts, when accompanied by a couch shell, a seat of honor, a chhatra , a good horse and a good carriage.
*1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 583:
*:All the emblems of sovereignty including the chhatra were in place on Father's elephant and war was resumed.
*2008 , A Satish Babu, Tourism Development in India , p. 89:
*:Originally mounted on a circular drum was the dome or the hemispherical super structure crowned by a railed harmika and a chhatra .