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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) v2.c14.s23.2
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The distinction between the *śālā*, the *maṇḍapa*, and the *gṛiha*, to each of which, a separate chapter is devoted, is not quite clear. The three terms are used more or less in the same sense, to imply houses in general. All of them consist of the same parts and are used for similar purposes. In the compounds *go-śālā* (cowshed), *aśva-śālā* (horse stable), *pāṭha-śālā* (college or school), etc., the word *śālā* indicates a detached building; while in *pāka-śālā* (kitchen), etc., it may imply a hall or room. In the present chapter *śālā* is used mostly in the sense of temples and of residential buildings for Brāhmaṇas, Kshatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śūdras.