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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.s21.134

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.s21.134

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(2) Mānasāra : A ground-plan (M. VIII. 36 f., see Pada-vinyāsa). A kind of village (M. IX. 2, see under Grāma). A moulding of the pedestal and the base (M. XIII. 41, 61, 64, 68, etc., XIV. 68, etc., see the lists of mouldings under Upapīṭha and Adhishṭhāna). A type of pavilion : Evaṁ tu padmakaṁ proktaṁ devānāṁ pachanālayam । Padmākhyaṁ pushpa-maṇḍapam.... । (M. XXXIV. 173, 180, see Maṇḍapa). A moulding of pīṭha or the pedestal of the phallus (M. LIII. 31).