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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) v2.c14.s58.7

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.s58.7

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(21) Tri-bhūmi-vidhāna—three-storeyed buildings, M. XXI.
(22) Bahu-bhūmi-vidhāna¹—buildings of more than three storeys, M. XXII—XXX
(23) Prākāra-parivāra—courts, and temples therein of the attendant deities; in the *Mānasāra* these two subjects are treated in two chapters, XXXI, XXXII.
(24) Gopura-vidhāna -- gate-houses, M. XXXIII.
(25) Maṇḍapa-vidhāna—pavilions, M. XXXIV.
(26) Śālā-vidhāna—halls, M. XXXV.
(27) Gṛiha-mānādhikāra²—(location and) measurement of houses, M. XXXVI
(28) Gṛiha-praveśa—first entry into a newly built house (opening or house-warming ceremony), M. XXXVII.
(29) Rāja-veśma-vidhāna—royal palaces, M. XL.
(30) Dvāra-vidhāna—doors; in the Mānasāra this subject is described in two chapters, XXXVIII, XXXIX.
(31) Yānādhikāra—conveyances, M. II, XLIII.
(32) Yāna-śayanādhikāra—cars and chariots, couches and bedsteads, M. XLIV, XLV.

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