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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.s10.7

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.s10.7

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13-16. In respect of form (lit., shape) and measure they (the crowns) are classified into the *Jaṭā*, *Mauli*, *Kirīṭa*, *Karaṇḍa*, *Sirastraka*, *Kuntala*, *Keśabandha*, *Dhammilla*, *Alaka*, *Chūḍaka*, and *Makuṭa*¹; and the three kinds of (plainer) diadems are known to be the *Patrapaṭṭa*, the *Ratna-paṭṭa*, and the *Pushpa-paṭṭa*.