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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.s30.248

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.s30.248

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ŚRĪ-KARA—An order, a class of columns, a type of storeyed buildings, a sect of people.
(1) One of the five orders (Suprabhedāgama. XXXI, 65, 66, see under Stambha).
(2) A class of single-storeyed buildings (M. XIX. 170, see under Prāsāda).
(3) A class of two-storeyed buildings; the measurement of the component parts (see under Śālāṅga), etc., (M. XX. 93, 2-9, see under Prāsāda).
(4) A sect of people (M. IX. 152, 226, etc).

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