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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.s18.172

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.s18.172

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**(2)** Varāha-mihira (Bṛihat-samita, liii 26-27, 70-82; lvi. 10) has condensed the contents of the two chapters, dealing with the measurement of door (dvāra-māna) and situation of the door (dvāra-sthāna) of the Mānasāra. But he does not give any absolute measurement. As regards the situation of door, the principle seems to be two-fold in all the architectural treatises. "The door is made on either side of the middle of the wall, mostly in private residential buildings for ladies in particular." But according to Rām Rāz (p. 46) "if the front of the house be ten paces in length, the entrance should be between five on the right and four on the left."

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