Kuñjara Prāsāda

Kuñjara Prāsāda, “the elephant temple”

Grammar: masculine noun; kuñjara (an elephant) with prāsāda (a temple, a palace).

Meaning: a temple built in the shape of an elephant’s back.

In the scriptures: among the kinds of āyatana that Nārada names to Sāmba, the Kuñjara is built in the shape of an elephant’s back. At the middle of the back it is 14 hastas high (Brahma Parva, Chapter 130).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 130