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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.s3.105

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.s3.105

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23-26. Of the twenty-five parts (of the breadth), the central portico (*madhya-bhadra*) should be five parts; at its sides there should be two side-pinnacles (*karṇa-kūṭa*) made of one part each in case of the human dwellings; it should be furnished with the antechamber (*anuśālā*) made of one-third of the central portico (*madhya-bhadra*); (and) the rest being made as before, it is named the *Suprati-kānta*.