[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v2.c18.2 # 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.c18.2 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.c18.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c18.2) Ābhāsa, a class of buildings, 41, 48, 110, 118, etc.; a type of door, 155; a kind of phallus, 72, etc ; a building material, a sort of marble, three kinds—\*chitra\* \*ardha-chitra\* and \*ābhāsa\* proper, 70. - [Previous: v2.c18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c18.1) - [Next: v2.c18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c18.3) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c18.2) · Pramāṇa