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) v4.c30.s1.1911
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) v4.c30.s1.1911
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3-5. The edifices measured in the former¹ cubit are known as the *Jāti*; the *Chhanda* (class of buildings) should be (measured) in the three-quarter-cubit, the *Vikalpa* in the half cubit, and the *Ābhāsa* in half of that² (i.e., in the quarter-cubit): thus the edifices, etc., (i e., including other smaller buildings) should be measured.³ 6. These (buildings) are (again) divided into three classes, (namely), the *Sthānaka* and others, for the purpose of verification by the formulas called the *Aya* and others.¹