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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.s2.26

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.s2.26

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Again, of all these treatises, only the *Mānasāra* and the *Āgamas* refer to certain highly technical and purely architectural matters. Thus in the *Mānasāra* we find the measurements and other details of sixty-four variety of bases divided into nineteen classes¹, called (1) Pāda bandha, (2) Uraga-bandha, (3) Prati-krama, (4) Kumuda bandha, (5) Padma-kesara, (6) Pushpa-pushkala, (7) Śrī-bandha, (8) Mañcha-bandha, (9) Śreṇī-bandha, (10) Padma-bandha, (11) Kumbha-bandha, (12) Vapra-bandha, (13) Vajra-bandha, (14) Śrī-bhoga, (15) Ratna-bandha, (16) Paṭṭa-bandha, (17) Kukshi-bandha, (18) Kampa-bandha, and (19) Śrī-kānta.

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