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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.s20.53

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.s20.53

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NANDANA—(cf. Nanda-vṛitta)—A storeyed building, a pavilion. A type of building which has six storeys and sixteen cupolas (aṇḍa), and is 32 cubits wide:
(1) Bṛihat-saṁhitā (LVI. 22, J. R. A. S., N.S., vol. VI, p. 319, see under Prāsāda).
(2) Matsya-Purāṇa (chap. 269, v. 29, 33, 48, 53, see under Prāsāda).
(5) Bhavishya-Purāṇa (chap. 130, v. 29, see under Prāsāda). A type of quadrangular building:
(4) Garuḍa-Purāṇa (chap. 47, v. 24-25, see under Prāsāda).
(5) A pavilion with thirty pillars: (Matsya-Purāṇa, chap. 273 v. 12, see under Maṇḍapa, and cf. Suprabhedāgama under Nanda-vṛitta).

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