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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.s2: I

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.s2

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IKSHU-KĀNTA—A class of the six storeyed buildings. (M. XXIV. 55, see under ‘Prāsāda’).

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INDRA-KĀNTA—A class of the four storeyed buildings. (M. XXII. 60-88, see under ‘Prāsāda’).

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A class of gopuras or gate-houses. (M. XXXIII. 558, see under ‘Gopura’).

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INDRA KĪLA(KA)—A pin, nail, bolt.

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Phalakā bhājanordhve tu tad-ūrdhve chendrakīlakam |
Tataḥ pratimā-saṁyuktaṁ sthāpayet sthapatir budhaḥ |

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(M. XII. 125-126).

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An iron bolt: aratnir indrakīlaḥ—the iron bolt is one cubit long

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(Kauṭilīya-Artha-śāstra, chap. XXIV, p. 53).

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INDRA-KOŚA INDRA-KOSHṬHA }—A projection of the roof of a house forming a kind of balcony.

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Aṭṭālaka-pratolī-madhye tri-dhanushkādhishṭhānaṁ sāpi-dhānach-chhidra-phalaka-saṁhatam itīndrakośaṁ kārayet |

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(Kauṭilīya-Artha-śāstra, chap. XXIV, p. 52).

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ISHṬAKA--Brick, a building material.

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(1) Śilābhiś cheshṭakair vāpi dārubhiḥ . . . . . (M. XXX. 95).

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Eka-dvā-daśa-bhūmyantaṁ cheshṭake dvā-daśāntataḥ |
Harmyaṁ nirmāṇato vakshye prathameshṭaka-lakshaṇam |

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(M. XII. 188-189).

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(2) Tṛiṇādi-nirmitaṁ yo dadyāt parameśvari |

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Varsha-koṭi-sahasrāṇi sa vased deva-veśmani ||
Ishṭaka-gṛiha-dāne tu tasmāch chhata-guṇaṁ phalam |
Tato’yuta-guṇaṁ puṇyaṁ śilā-geha-pradānataḥ ||

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(Mahānirvāṇa-Tantra, XIII. 24, 25).

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(3) "The following written declaration (vyavasthā) is (also) granted (for the guidance of the donee) : Mansions of burnt tiles (bricks) may be built (without special permission) ; . . . . . with the written declaration thus defined (the village) was placed in the (hands) of the assembly as a deva dāna, with all immunities, to the (God) Mahādeva of the Yajñeśvara (temple)."

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(Velurpalaiyam plates, lines, 47 to 63 ; no. 98, K. S. I. I., vol. II, p. 512).

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(4) "Mansions and large edifices may be built of burnt bricks."

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(Tandantottam Plates, no. 99, lines 26—38; K. S. I.I., vol. II, p. 531).

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(5) "The walls of the temple, . . . . . are in great preservation, the bricks, which compose them, are of well burnt red earth, each measuring 12 inches by 7 and 1½ thick, disposed with about 1/8th of an inch of chunam between them, and the layers, being quite even, look as if the plaster had just been stripped off."

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Lieut. Fagan (Ceylon Govt. Gazette, Aug. 1, 1820) after describing about 20 buildings (temples and edifices) made of such burnt bricks concludes :

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"I will leave it to the curious in Ceylon antiquities to discover the reason that the people, who built these great edifices, should take the trouble of making so many millions of bricks for the work, where there was abundance of fine stone well calculated for their construction in the immediate neighbourhood."

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(An account of the ruins of Topary, Ind. Ant. vol. XXXVIII. p.p. 110, c. 2, line 12 f ; c. 2, para 2).

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