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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.s8.81

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.s8.81

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59–62. That (member) should be decorated with the images of the lion, the elephant, and the crocodile, with the paintings of leaves and all other things, with the dancing (*nāṭaka*) demons (*bhūta*), and the demi-gods (*yaksha*) on the four girths; (it should be) girdled with hooded serpents, and ornamented with arches (*toraṇa*) and small pillars (*pāda*), and also with the ear and the trunk of the elephant (*karikarṇa* and *nāsikā*).