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.s21.47

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(2) In connection with the plough : phāla-paṭṭa, tri-paṭṭa, madhya-paṭṭa (M. v. 52, 61, 73). In connection with the foundations : Paṭṭikāntaṁ kshipech chāpi vinyaset prathameshṭakam। (M. XII. 203). A crowning moulding of the pedestal (M. XIII. 5, 49, 82, etc., see the lists if mouldings under Upapīṭha). A moulding of the base (M. XIV. 13, 26, 48, etc., see the lists of mouldings under Adhishṭhāna). A moulding of the pillar (M. XV. 121, 35, etc). In connection with the staircase (M. XXX. 140). In connection with the door (M. XXXIX. 73, etc). In connection with the bedstead (M. XLIV. 18, 19, etc). An ornament for the body : Kaṭi-sūtraṁ tu saṁyuktaṁ kaṭi-prānte sa-paṭṭikā। (M. L. 27, see also 28, etc). Athavā ratna-paṭṭaṁ syāt svarṇa-tāṭaṅka-karṇayoḥ। (M. LIV. 47). Compare ‘Paṭṭa-dhara,’ and ‘Paṭṭa-bhāj’, meaning kings, with special crowns. (M. LI. 3, 4).