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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.s30.204

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.s30.204

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“Śile is the Canarese form of the Sanskrit śilā, a stone, and Mudda is a jaṁgam or Liṅgāyat name. Śile-mudda must be the name of some particular guild of stone-masons.” Dr. Fleet.
(Sanskrit and Old-Canarese Inscrip. no. 114, line 1, Ind. Ant. vol. X. pp. 170, 117, note 58).