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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.s8.20

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.s8.20

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v4.c30.s8.20

36–39. The *Chakravartin*, *Adhirāja*, *Narendra*, and *Pārshṇika* (classes of kings) should wear a crown indiscriminately, and the *Paṭṭadhara* a diadem (*paṭṭabandhana*); the *Maṇḍaleśa* should also have a diadem (*paṭṭa*) (as his crown), as well as the *Paṭṭabhāj*; and both the *Prāhāraka* and the *Astragrāha* are known as the wearers of wreaths (*mālīdhara*) (as crowns)¹.