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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) v1.c6.s13.113
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“No. 7 (Rāmāyaṇa, v. 12, 17) mentions chaitya trees, so called probably because instead of constructing a building it was also the custom to plant trees with revetment round their stems, where the chayana ceremony was performed. In course of time, however, all reveted trees began to be called chaitya trees; and to such trees, which are generally found in all villages, Kālidāsa evidently alludes when describing the Daśārṇa country in his Meghadūta. Mallinātha quotes Viśva (chaityaṁ āyatane Buddhavandye choddeśapādape).”
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- Viśvaprakāśa — Maheśvara (lexicographer), Sanskrit
- Meghadūta — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit
- Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit