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.s25.109

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Meruja mandapa is for the library-room (161), Vijaya for wedding ceremonies (163), Padmaka for refectory or kitchen of gods (174), Sicha for ordinary kitchen (175), Padma for collecting flowers (181), Bhadra for water reservoir, store-house, etc., (185), Śiva for unhusking paddy corn (197), Veda for assembly-hall (209), Kula-dhāraṇa for keeping perfumes (262), Sukhāṅga for guest-house (sattra) (272), Darva for elephant's stable, and Kausika for horse's stable, Saukhyaka and others built on the bank of a sea, river, lake, etc., are for the pilgrimage of gods (281), Jayālā and others for summer residence (294). Some mandapas are made for banishment (see below), some for bedrooms of queens and others. Dhanada (328), Bhūshaṇa (349, 366), Kharvaṭa (455, 472), Droṇa (423-434), Śrīrūpa (480), Maṅgala (488), etc., are described under these terms.