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SANDHI-KARMAN—The joinery, the framing or joining of wood for the internal and external finishings of houses: thus the covering and lining of rough walls, the covering of rough timbers, the manufacture of doors, shutters, sashes, stairs, and the like, are classed under the head of joinery. (See Guilt, Encycl. of Arch. p. 1214). Mānasāra (chap. xvii., named Sandhi-karman, 2-225) : The definition : Harmyāṇāṁ dāru-saṁyogaṁ sandhi-karma (m)udīritam | (2). Various kinds of joinery are described under the following names : Malla made with two pieces of wood, Brahma-rāja with three or four pieces, Veṇu-parvan with five pieces, Pūga-parvan with six pieces, Deva with seven pieces, Parvan with eight pieces, and Daṇḍa with more than eight pieces of wood and other materials (line 18 f.).