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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.s32.894

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.s32.894

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SVASTIKA—An auspicious mark, a symbol for Buddha and Siddha, the crossing of the arms, the meeting of four roads, a type of village, a joinery, a window, a type of pavilion, a kind of phallus, a class of halls, a type of building, a sitting posture. A class of two-storeyed buildings (M. xx. 94, 34–41, see under Prāsāda). A class of villages (M. IX. 3, 330, see Grāma; compare M. XII. 76, 77, 146; XLIX. 152; LIV. 120; LVIII. 12). A kind of joinery (M. XVII. 60). A kind of window (M. XXXIII. 583, see under Vātāyana).

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