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.s7.17

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37-43. And lastly one who is the lord like Indra (the king of gods) in regard to (the number of) his chief consort; whose lotus-like feet are saluted by the brother (subordinate) kings; whose elephants, horses, foot soldiers, court ladies, and courtesans (respectively) number one *arbuda* (1,00,000,000), one *nyarbuda* (10,00,000,000), one *mahāśaṅkha* (10,00,000,000,000), one *padma* (10,000,000,000,000), and [ending at the court girls numbering] one *parārdha* (10,000,000,000,000,000,000)¹, whose commanders-in-chief are stated (to be appointed as before): who rules without any rival over the whole earth girdled by the seven oceans; therefore he is known as the *Chakravartin* (universal monarch) because of his possession of the whole empire.