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.s29.1

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VAKTRA—The face, a moulding. A moulding of the column (M. xv. 212-219). The face (M. lvii. 20, etc). See the lists of mouldings under Adhishṭhāna, and Upapīṭha. VAKRA—Bent, winding, curved, curled, a type of octangonal building. (Garuḍa-Purāṇa, chap. 47, v. 21, 23, 31-32, see under Prāsāda). VAJRA—Adamantine, forked, zigzag, a diamond, the thunderbolt of Indra, a type of building, a type of column. a paste, plaster or cement. A column with eight rectangular sides (Bṛihat-saṁhitā, liii. 28). A paste, plaster or cement : Kalkaḥ kṛito dvitīyo'yaṁ vajrākhyaḥ । (Bṛihat-saṁhitā, lvii. 6, J. R. A. S., N. S., vol. vi. p. 322). A type of octangular building :
(1) Agni-Purāṇa (chap. 104, v. 20-21, see under Prāsāda).
(2) Garuḍa-Purāṇa (chap. 37, v. 21, 23, 31-32, see under Prāsāda). VAJRA-KĀNTA—A type of storeyed building. A class of eleven-storeyed buildings (M. xxxiv. 19-25, see under Prāsāda).