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.s19: Dh
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.s19
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DHANADA—(see Utsedha)—A type of pavilion, a kind of height, an image.
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A height which is 1¾ of the breadth of an object (see M. XXXV. 22-26 and cf. Kāmikāgama, L. 24-28, under Adbhuta).
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The image of the god of wealth (M. XXXII. 140).
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A class of pavilions (M. XXXIV. 328, see under Maṇḍapa).
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DHANUR-GRAHA—A measure, a cubit (hasta) of 27 aṅgulas. (M. II. 52, and Suprabhedāgama, XXX. 26, see under Aṅgula).
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DHANUR-MUSHṬI—A measure, a cubit (hasta) of 26 aṅgulas. (M. II. 51, and Suprabhedāgama, XXX. 26, see under Aṅgula).
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DHANUS—A measure of four cubits. (M. II. 53, see under Aṅgula).
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DHANVA-DURGA—A fort (see details under Durga).
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DHAMMILLA—The braided and ornamented hair of a woman tied round the head and intermixed with flowers, pearls, etc. A head gear (M. XLIX. 14, etc).
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DHARMA-RĀJIKĀ—A monument, a tope. Tau darmma-rājikāṁ saṅgaṁ dharmma-chakraṁ punar navam । "They repaired the dharma-rājikā (i. e. stūpa) and the dharma-chakra with all its parts." (Sarnath Inscrip. of Mahīpāla, line 2, Ind. Ant. vol. XIV. p. 140, note 6).
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DHARMA-ŚĀLĀ—A rest-house. Vincent Smith Gloss (loc. cit) to Cunningham's Arch. Surv. Reports.
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DHARMA-STAMBHA—A kind of pillar. (M. XLVII. 14, see under Stambha).
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DHARMĀLAYA—A rest-house. Tatraiva sa(t)tra-śālā vā āgneye pānīya-maṇḍapam । Anya-dharmālayaṁ sarvaṁ yatheshtaṁ diśato bhavet । (M. IX. 139-140).
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DHĀNYA-STAMBHA—A kind of pillar. (M. XLVII. 14, see under Stambha).
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DHĀRAṆA—A type of building, a pillar, a roof, a tree. A class of the seven-storeyed buildings (M. XXV. 26, see under Prāsāda). A synonym of pillar (M. XV. 6) and of roof (M. XVI. 52). A kind of tree of which pillars are constructed (M. XV. 348-350).
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DHĀRĀ-KUMBHA—A moulding of the base. (M. XIV. 46, see the lists of mouldings under Adhishṭhāna).
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DHĀRĀ-NĪLA—A blue stream of water, the line of sacred water descending from the phallus. In connection with the phallus : Garbha-geha-sthale dhārā-nīla-madhye samaṁ bhavet । (M. LII. 173).
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DHĀRĀ-LIṄGA—A kind of phallus. (M. LII. 135; LIII. 48, see details under Liṅga).
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DHVAJA-STAMBHA—(see Stambha)—Flag-staffs, free-pillars erected generally by the worshippers of Śiva, a pillar or pilaster decorated with banner or flag (dhvaja) at the top.