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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.c15.120

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.c15.120

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In Paṭala XXXV, Śālās, in almost the sense of Prāsāda, are divided into five classes : Sarvatobhadra (87, 88), Varddhamāna (87, 88), Svastika (87, 89), Nandyāvarta (87, 90), and Charuka (87, 91). Their technical names² :
(1) Sindhuka (XLV, 23—28); (2) Saṁpūrṇa (29—30); (3) Merukūṭa (31); (4) Kshema (32—34); (5) Śiva (35—38); (6) Harmya (39—40); (7) Saumya (40); (8) Viśāla (41); (9) Sarvakalyāṇa (43—49); (10) Vijaya (50); (11) Bhadra (51); (12) Raṅgamukha (52); (13) Alpa (53--54); (14) Koṇa (55—58); (15) Geya (58a—59); (16) Sāra (60); (17) Pushkara (61, 63); (18) Adbhuta (61a); (19) Saṁkīrṇa (62); and (20) Daṇḍa (64).