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22. Karaṇādhikāra-lakshaṇa—on the constructive arts, dealing with *ushṇīsha* (head gear), *āsana* (seat, chair), *paryaṅka* (bedstead, couch), *siṁhāsana* (throne), *raṅga* (courtyard, theatre), and *stambha* (column), (*Mānasāra*, XLIX, XLIV, XLV, XLVII, XV, etc.).
23. Grāmādi-lakshaṇa-vidhi—villages and towns (M. IX, X).
26. Taruṇālaya-vidhi—a special kind of building.
27. Prāsāda-vāstu-vidhi—buildings in general (M. XVIII, XIX to XXX).
28. Ādyeshṭaka-vidhi—laying the foundation-stone, mentioned in many places in M.
29. Garbha-nyāsa-vidhi—foundations (M. XII).
30. Aṅguli-lakshaṇa-vidhi—the *aṅgula* (finger-breadth) measurement (cf. M. II, LV).
31. Prāsāda-lakshaṇa-vidhi—more details on buildings, cf. 27.
32. Mūrdhnīshṭaka-vidhi—an ornament on the top-most part of buildings.
33. Liṅga-lakshaṇa—the phallus (M. LII).
34. Sakala-lakshaṇa-vidhi—images of Īśvara and other deities (M. LI to LXIV).
35. Aṅkurārpaṇa-vidhi—sowing the seed.
36. Liṅga-pratishṭhā-vidhi—installation of the phallus (M. LII); cf. 33.
37. Sakala-pratishṭhā-vidhi—installation of the images of Īśvara and other deities, cf. 34.
38. Śakti-pratishṭhā-vidhi—installation of the images of the female deities (M. LIV).
39. Parivāra-vidhi—temples of attendant deities (M. XXXII)
40. Vṛishabha-sthāpana-vidhi—the image of the Bull of Śiva (M. LXII).
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