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Manasara 38.8

Mānasāra 38.8

Language: Sanskrit

38.8

gṛhāyāme viśāle tu nandanandapadaṃ bhavet
pūrvadvāraṃ ca harmyāṇāṃ mahādvāraṃ mahendrake

In the length and breadth of a house there are nine times nine plots; / the eastern door of edifices, the main gate, is in Mahendra.
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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