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.c6.32

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AṄKA(GA)ṆA—(see *prāṅgaṇa*.) Same as Aṅgaṇa, a court, a courtyard. Yathā madhye'ṅkanaṁ kuryāt pañcha-bhāgena vistṛitam (M. XXXIV. 143). Kalpa-drumasya purato bahir aṅkanam syāt (M. XLVIII. 72). Athātaḥ saṁpravakshye'ham aṅgaṇasya tu lakshaṇam । Aṅgaṇaṁ dhvaja-yoniḥ syān mukhāyāmābhidhaṁyutam ॥ Pādukānāṁ bahir-bhāgam aṅgaṇaṁ tat vidur budhāḥ । Dhvajaḥ sarvatra saṁpanna iti śāstra-nidarśanam ॥ (*Vāstu-vidyā* ed. Gaṇapati Śāstri. VI. 1-2). Madhye tu prāṅgaṇaṁ kāryaṁ viśālenaika-paṁktikam । Ardha-paṁkti-vivṛidhyā tu triṁśat paṁkty antam ishyate ॥ 40. Āyāme chaika-paṁkty ādi tri-guṇāntaṁ viśālatā । Evaṁ brahmāṅgaṇaṁ kāryaṁ jala-pāta-yutaṁ navā ॥ 41. Madhyamaṁ chāṅgaṇa-sthānaṁ maṇḍapena yutaṁ tu vā ॥ 66. Prāg aṅgaṇaṁ pradhānaṁ syāt prāgavāgaṅgaṇaṁ jvaraḥ ॥ 131. (“Kāmikāgama”, xxxv) : Ujatāṅgaṇa-bhūmishu (“Raghuvaṁśa”. ed. Cal. 1. 52, *Pet Dict*).