[[wiki-architecture]] · [[Buildings and Structures]] · [[ARCHITECTURE]] · [[000]] # Kenimadala Kenimadala is an architectural term utilised in medieval Sinhalese timber structures. It is used to describe the circular roof plate or structural member where the rafters, śalākā, connect at the apex of a domed or conical roof. The roof of a dageba or cetiya, above the stupa were generally domical in shape and were constructed of timber rafters which were held together on the top by means of a circular boss or kenimandala. It is also known as Kannikā in Pali, which means 'sun-gate', as it represents the doorway where the worthy or arhat leave the world. == See also == Madol Kurupawa Pekada == References == - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/00 Index]] - [[Urban and Planning/Transportation Planning]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 09 - Plumbing Services/Section 1 - Water Supply]] - [[Building Services/Building Performance/Lighting Design]] - [[History and Theory/Temple Architecture/Stone Temples of India/pillars]] - [[Structures/Structural Engineering]] - [[Professional Practice/Construction Management/Cost Estimation]] - [[Digital Architecture/ePractice/BIM and Digital Modeling]] - [[Digital Architecture/Computational Design]] - [[Environmental Design/Sustainable Materials]] == External links == ICOMOS International Committee on Wood. Colombo: International Council on Monuments and Sites. 1993. == Further reading == Scriver, Peter; Prakash, Vikramaditya, eds. (2007). Colonial Modernities: Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon. Routledge. ISBN 9781134150250.