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NĀṬṬA (NĀṬYA)-ŚĀLĀ—A detached building used as a music-hall. Nāṭṭa-śālā cha karttavyā dvāra-deśa-samāśrayā । And the music hall should be built attached to the gateway (of the temple). (Garuḍa-Purāṇa, chap. 47, v. 45). A Maṇḍapa or hall for religious music, built in front of the main temple : Durgga-devālayasyābharaṇam iva puraḥ sthāpayāmāsa gurvvīṁ śrīmān śrīnātha-vīryyaḥ sthagita-daśa-diśaṁ nāṭya-śālāṁ chhalena । (Dirghasi Inscrip. of Vanapati, lines 11-15, Ep. Ind. vol. iv. p. 316).

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Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit