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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.c6.488

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.c6.488

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ASHṬĀŚ(S)RA—Eighth-cornerd, a kind of single storeyed building which is octangular in plan and has one cupola.
(1) Bṛihat-saṁhitā, LVI. 28, and Kāśyapa, J. R. A. S. (N. S.) vol. VI, p. 320, note 1 (see under *Prāsāda*).
(2) Matsya-purāṇa, chap. 269, vv. 29, 53 (see under *Prāsāda*).
(3) Bhavishya-purāṇa, chap. 130, v. 25 (see under *Prāsāda*).

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