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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.s5: Ū

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.s5

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U(Ū)HĀPOHA—An additional moulding, a moulding, an architectural object which completes a structure.

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(1) Mānasāra :

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In connection with the ground-plan : Ajñānād aṅga-hīnaṁ cha kartā chaiva vinaśyati । Tasmāt tu śilpibhiḥ prājñair ūhāpohān na yojayet । (M. VII. 268-269).

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Referring to two-storeyed buildings : Sarveshāṁ devatā-harmye pūrvavad devatāḥ nyaset । Ukta-vach chhāstra-mārgeṇa ūhāpohena yojayet ।

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In connection with penalties for defects in important members :
Ūhāpohādi-kīrtibhyāṁ śāstrokte tu yad(th)ā tathā ।
Uhi(ūha)-hīnā chokta-hīnā tvadhikartṛi(tā) vinaśyati ।
Tasmāt tu śilpa-vidvadbhiḥ parigrahoktavat kuru ।
(M. LXIX. 66-68).

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(2) Kāmikāgama, XLV :
Sabhāvad vihitā bāhye prāsādavad alaṅkṛitā ।
Ūha-pratyūha-saṁyuktā yā sabhā sā cha mālikā ॥ 3
Antara-prastaropetaṁ ūhā-pratyūhā-saṁyutam ॥ 13
Ibid. XLI :
Ūha-pratyūha-saṁyuktaṁ yathā-yukti yathā-ruchi ॥ 37

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(3) Suprabhedāgama, XXXI. 71 :
A quadrangular moulding of an arch :
Vṛitter ūrdhve u(ū)hāṁ kṛitvā chatur-āyatam eva tu ॥
(For the context see v. 68—70 under ‘Toraṇa’).

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(4) Cf. Mahābhārata, 1. 3. 133 :
Nāgalokam . . . aneka-vidha-prāsāda-harmya-valabhi-niryūha-śata-saṁkulam ।

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ŪRDHVA-DHĀRAṆA—A

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kind of phallus and pedestal combined.

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In connection with the phallus :
Berasyaika-śilā proktaṁ liṅgānāṁ tach-chatuḥ-śilā ।
Nandyāvarta(ā)-kṛitiḥ sthāpyā tathā chaikāśmanā bhavet ।
Atho(dhaḥ) pāshāṇa-kūrmākhyaṁ chordhva-dhāraṇam iti smṛitam ।
(M. LII. 176—178).

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ŪRDHVA-ŚĀLĀ—

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(see *Śālā*)—The upper room or hall.

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Referring to two-storeyed buildings :
Nānā-gopāna-saṁyuktaṁ kshudra-nāsyair vibhūshitam ।
Ardha-śālā-viśesho’sti chordhva-śālā-samanvitam ।
(M. XX. 66--67 etc.).

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ŪVARAKA—A

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kind of room.

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Rāmadattasya deya-dhamāś cha bhikshu-gṛihaṁ uyarakaś cha bharyāyāḥ sa velidattāyā deyadharma uyarakaḥ ।

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A dwelling for the ascetics and an uyaraka (has) been dedicated as a charitable gift by Rāmadatta . . . and an uyaraka (has been given) as a charitable gift by his wife Velidata (Velidatta), whose husband is alive.

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“Uyaraka apparently corresponds with *ūvaraka* of Nāsik no. 24. Transactions of Congr. 1874 p. 347, which Professor Bhāndārkar renders by *apartment*. Childers’ Pali Dict. gives *ovaraka* with the meaning of *inner* or *store room* and this explanation fits here also very well.” Prof. H. Jacobi.

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(Ind. Ant. vol. VII. Kuḍā inscriptions, no. 8, p. 256.)

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