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) v2.c14.s34.2

v2.c14.s34.2

In the first verse we meet with the expression *mukta-prapāṅga* which appears to be used in the same sense as *madhya-raṅga*. It is provided with dwarf pillars or pilasters (*anghri-pāda*), and consists of various other members (*masūraka*, *vedi*, *mañcha*, *kuṭṭima*, *upapīṭha*, etc.), and is decorated with *uttaras*, *vājanas*, *mushṭi-bandhas* and *lupās*. It should be furnished with four *bhadras* (or with one *bhadra*) and with eight or sixteen *kshudra-nāsīs*. The upper portion is adorned with figures of leogryphs (*vyāli*) and crocodiles (*makara*). From the last but one verse of the chapter it is evident that there must be a close connection between the *mukta-prapāṅga*, on the one hand, and the *siṁhāsana*, the *makara-toraṇa* and the *kalpa-vriksha*, on the other hand, the latter three subjects being discussed in the two immediately preceding and the following chapters.