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Manasara 55.9

Mānasāra 55.9

Language: Sanskrit

55.9

harmyamānaṃ caturmānaṃ bhogamokṣārthakādinām
hastatālavaśānmānaṃ bhogamokṣapradāyakam

The measurement of the edifice is of four kinds, [yielding] enjoyment, liberation, wealth, and the like; / the measurement based on cubits and tālas is the bestower of enjoyment and liberation.
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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