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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) v4.c30.s1.330

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.s1.330

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v4.c30.s1.330

ब्रह्मा मध्यचतुष्पदप्रणिहितो दिक्ष्वार्यकाद्याः स्थिता-
स्तद्वाह्येष्वथ चतस्र एकपदगे द्वे द्वे स्थिते पार्श्वयोः ॥
> (*Śilparatna*, chapter VI, 36).
अस्मिन पदानि चत्वारि भुनक्त्यन्तः पितामहः।
अर्यमाद्याः सुराश्चात्र द्वे द्वे मध्यगताः पदे ॥
> (*Samarāṅgaṇa-sūtradhāra*, chapter XI, 22).
अष्टाष्टक पदमथवा कृत्वा रेखाश्च कोणगास्तिर्यक्।
ब्रह्मा चतुष्पदोऽस्मिन्नथेपदा ब्रह्मके ऽभ्यन्तः ॥ ५५ ॥
अष्टौ च र्वहिकोष्णेष्वर्यम्दास्तदुभयाश्रिताः सार्धाः।
उक्तेभ्यो ये शेषास्ते द्विपदा विंशतिस्ते हि ॥ ५६ ॥
> (Bribat-saṁhitā, ed. Dvivedi, part II, chapter 52, 55–56; Tranl. Kern, J. R. A. S. 1873, p. 289

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