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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.s10.45

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.s10.45

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KHĒṬAKA—A village (M. ix. 456), a fortified town (M. x. 36, 39).
(1) Tatas tan-nirmayāmāsuḥ kheṭāni cha purāṇi cha || Grāmāṁś chaiva yathābhāgaṁ tathaiva nagarāṇi cha || Kheṭānāṁ cha purāṇāṁ cha grāmāṇāṁ chaiva sarvaśaḥ | Tri-vidhānāṁ cha durgāṇāṁ parvatodaka-dhanvinām || Nagarād ardha-vishkambhaḥ kheṭaṁ paraṁ tad-ūrddvataḥ | Nagarād yojanaṁ kheṭaṁ kheṭād grāmo'rdha-yojanam || (Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa, part I, 2nd anushaṁgapāda, chapter 7, v. 93, 94, 105, 111).
(2) Pāṁsu-prākāra-nibadha-kheṭam | (Rāyapaseni-sūtra vyākhāna, p. 206).
(3) Kheṭāni dhūlī-prākāropetāni | (Praśna-vyākaraṇa-sūtra-vyākhyāna, p. 306). See Kautilīya-Arthaśāstra (chap. xxii. p. 46, foot note).
(4) Vane jana-pade chaiva kevale śūdra-sevitaḥ | Kaṇṭakaḥ kheṭako grāmaḥ kramāt tri-vidham īritaḥ || (Kāmikāgama, xx. 10).
(5) Nagarāṇi kheṭān jana-padāṁs tathā | (Mahābhārata, iii. 13, 220, etc).
(6) Pura-grāmākāra-kheṭa-vāṭa-śibira-vraja-ghosha.... | (Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, 5, 30).
(7) One of the 750 villages "which are designated by (their chief town) Śrī-Harsapura." (Rāshtrakuta Grant of Krishna ii, Ep. Ind. vol. i. p. 55, 57, line 33, p. 53, foot note 3).
(8) "The modern Kheḍā (Khaira)." (Ind. Ant. vol. x. p. 378; vol. xiv. p. 198).

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