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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.s3.104

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.s3.104

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19-22. The breadth being divided into twenty-four parts, the pinnacles (*kūṭa*) should be as before; the great hall (*mahā-śālā*) and the antechamber (*anu-śālā*) should be eight and three parts respectively; in the middle of the length of the great hall (*mahā-śālā*) the portico should be made of four parts; and it being decorated with all ornaments, is called the *Vivṛita*.