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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.s29.41

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.s29.41

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(2) Dvārālindo' nta-gataḥ praḍakshiṇo' nyaḥ śubhas tatas chānyaḥ | Tad-vach cha vardhamāne dvāraṁ tu na dakshiṇaṁ kāryam || "The Vardhamāna has a terrace before the (chief) entrance, extending to the end; then, when you proceed in a direction from left to right, another beautiful terrace and thereon again, another in the aforesaid direction. No southern door should be made in it."