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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.s24.69

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.s24.69

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(5) Navāṁśaṁ garbha-gehaṁ tu bhitti-mānaṁ tu shoḍaśa || Shoḍaśaṁ bhitti-mānaṁ tu bhittim abhyantaraṁ viduḥ | Tad-bāhyaikaṁ tu salilaṁ tad-bāhyaikaṁ tu bhittikam || Bāhya-bhittau chatur-dvāram athavā dvāram ekataḥ | Anyat sarvaṁ samaṁ proktaṁ stūpy-antaṁ kārayed budhaḥ || Yad uktaṁ bhitti-vistāraṁ bāhyābhyantarayoḥ samam | Bāhye vābhyantare vāpi tri-vidhaṁ bhitti-mānakam || Pīṭhasya tri-guṇaṁ garbhaṁ ta-(t)-tri-bhāgaika-bhittikam ||