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.s10.203

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46-56. I shall briefly describe the features (and measures) according to rules in order of the lamp-post (*dīpa-daṇḍa*), the fan (*vyajana*), the mirror (*darpaṇa*), the baskets made of leaf (*parṇa-mañjūshā*), etc., the palanquin (or swing, *dolā*), the balance for the kings to be weighed; the leaf-like seal (*patra*) and the pen (*karṇa* for *kalama*, i.e., *lekhanī*) for marking the commencement of a year, the cages for the musked deer (cat), the parrot (*śuka*), the *chātaka* bird (who lives on rain drops), the *chakora* bird (a kind of partridge said to be fed on moon-beams), and the duck (*marāla*), the nests for the pigeons, and the cages for the peacocks (*nīla-kaṇṭha*), the nests for the francoline partridge (*tittiri*), the cages for the wag-tails (*khañjarīṭa*), the nests for the cock, the cages of the mungoose, the cages of sparrows (*chaṭaka*) and boars (*godhāra*), and the cages for the tiger¹.