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Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c6.29

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) v1.c6.29

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Ghanaṁ chāpy aghanaṁ chaiva vinyāsam atha vakshyate l
(Vistārāyāma-śobhādi purvavad-gopurāntakam) l
Yaṁ mānaṁ bahir anyena chulikā-māna-sammitam l
(M. XXXIII. 290–292, see also 293--309.)
Referring to windows (or rather pillar of windows) :
Tad-vistāra-ghanaṁ sarvaṁ kuryād vai śilpi(a)vit-tamaḥ l
Gopure kūṭa-koshṭ(h)āli-grīve pādāntare tathā l
Ghane vāpy aghane vāpi yathā vātāyanair-yutam l

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