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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.s12.176

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.s12.176

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72-75. The length of the *vihṛita* (the concealed organ) from the root of its *goji* (? origin) to the navel should be four *yavas*, and its height on the reverse should be one part; the forepart of the *vihṛita* should be one part more than the width of the forepart of the *goji*, and the lower portion should be four parts (lit, half of eight *mātras*); its height should be equal to the breadth, and the length four parts (*mātras*).