TORAN  , the name in Hindustani (Skr. torana, from tor, pass) of a sacred or honorific gateway in Buddhist See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture . Its typical See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is a projecting See also:

• CROSS

cross-piece resting on two uprights or posts . It is made of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, and the cross-piece is generally of three bars placed one on the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the other; both cross-piece and posts are usually sculptured .