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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.s4.123

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.s4.123

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10-14. Along the breadth of the *Jāti* class of edifices the *Sakala* plan (of one plot)¹ should be marked; therefrom should be made the first court (which is) called the *Antar-maṇḍala* (innermost enclosure); the second (court is called) the *Anta-hārā*, the third court is called the *Madhyahārā*; that fourth (court) is called the *Prākāra* by me for the first time (lit. in addition); thereafter (should be) the fifth court (which is) called the *Mahā-maryādā* (the extreme boundary).