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Manasara 35.86

Mānasāra 35.86

Language: Sanskrit

35.86

taddvayormadhyadeśe tu dvāraṃ kuryād vicakṣaṇaḥ
sarveṣāmapi śālāśca kartu rāśyānuvarjayet

Between the two [sides], the discerning [architect] should make the door. / For all barrel-vaulted halls, he should avoid [an orientation contrary to] the patron's zodiacal sign.
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Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Acharya 1927, English