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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.s7.18

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.s7.18

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¹ The units are ordinarily divided into twenty, namely, *eka*, *daśa*, *śata*, *sahasra*, *ayuta*, *laksha* or *niyuta*, *prayuta*, *koṭi*, *arbuda*, *bṛnda* or *nyarbuda*, *kharva*, *nikharva*, *śaṅkha*, *padma*, *para*, *samudra*, *madhya*, *antara*, *apāra*, and *parārdha*. The various authorities slightly differ in these technical names. For further details see the writer's *Dictionary*, page 10, and also his article, *Hindu system of measurement*, in the Allahabad University Studies, vol. II, pp 43-77.