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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) v5.c33.s7: Chapter XXXIII: Gatehouses of Fifteen Types of One to Sixteen Storeys and Windows of Eight Types

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) v5.c33.s7

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Chapter XXXIII: Gatehouses of Fifteen Types of One to Sixteen Storeys and Windows of Eight Types

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| | | GATEHOUSES |
| CII | First type | Dvāra-śobhā (beauty of the gate) of a single storey, of Antar-maṇḍala (innermost court), both for temples and residential buildings. |
| | Fig. 1 | Plan. |
| | Fig. 2 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 3 | Cross-section. |
| CIII | Second type | Dvāra-śālā (gatehouse) of two storeys, of Anta-nihāra (second court), both for temples and residential buildings. |
| | Fig. 1 | Plan. |
| | Fig. 2 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 3 | Cross-section. |
| CIV | Third type | Dvāra-prāsāda (gate-palace) of three storeys, of Madhyama-hārā (third court), both for temples and residential buildings. |
| | Fig. 1 | Plan (of first floor). |
| | Fig. 2 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 3 | Cross-section. |

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| CV | Fourth type | Dvāra-harmya (gate-edifice) of four storeys, of Prākāra (fourth court), both for temples and residential buildings. |
| | Fig. 1 | Plan (of first floor). |
| | Fig. 2 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 3 | Cross-section. |
| CVI | Fifth type | Mahāgopura (great gate-house) of five storeys, of Mahāmaryādā (extreme boundary), both for temples and residential buildings. |
| | Fig. 1 | Plan (of first floor). |
| | Fig. 2 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 3 | Cross-section. |
| | | *Not illustrated* |

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N. B.—Each of the five types admits of three different sizes—small, intermediate and large, and may run up to sixteen storeys.

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WINDOWS

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| CVII | First group ' | For Vaiśyas and Śūdras. |
| | Fig. 1 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 2 | Section. |
| | Fig. 3 | Plan. |
| | Second group | For temples of kings (kshatriyas) and Brahmans. |
| | Fig. 4 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 5 | Section. |
| | Fig. 8 | Plan. |
| | Fig. 6 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 7 | Section. |
| | Fig. 9 | Plan. |
| | | *Not illustrated* |
| | First type | Nāga-bandha (snake-band). |
| | Second type | Valli-bandha (creeper-band). |
| | Third type | Govāksha (resembling cow's eye). ' |
| | Fourth type | Kuñjarāksha (resembling elephant's eye). |
| | Fifth type | Svastika (cross-shaped). |
| | Sixth type | Sarvatobhadra (*vide* plate no. XVI). |
| | Seventh type | Nandyāvarta (*vide* plate no. XVII). |
| | Eighth type | Pushpa-bandha (flower-band). |
| | Third group | Dormer-windows in roofs. |

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PAVILIONS OF SOME HUNDRED TYPES, CLASSIFIED AS BELONGING TO TEMPLES AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS OF BRAHMANS, KINGS, VAIŚYAS AND ŚŪDRAS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SHAPES, NUMBER OF FACES, AND NUMBER OF COLUMNS

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| CVIII | First type | Himaja, with four parts square, both for temples and residential buildings, used as an ordinary bath-room. |
| | Second type | Nishadaja, with six parts square, both for temples and residential buildings, used as a reading-room. |
| | Third type | Vindhyaja, with seven parts square, both for temples and residential buildings, used as a special bath-room. |
| | Eighth type | Meruja, with 11 by 4 parts, both for temples and residential buildings, used as the stock-room of a library. |
| CIX | Eleventh type | Padmaka, with five parts square, for temples, used as refectory or kitchen for gods. |
| | Fourteenth type | Bhadra, with five parts square, both for temples and residential buildings, used as water-store and granary. |
| | Sixteenth type | Nṛitta, with 5 by 7 parts, both for temples and residential buildings, used as a music hall. |
| CX | Eighteenth type | Āsthāna-maṇḍapa, assembly hall, with nine parts square and with 100 columns. |
| | Fig. 1 | Part section. |
| | Fig. 2 | Plan. |
| | Fig. 4 | Elevation. |
| | Twenty-fourth type | Kula-dhāraṇa, with 24 by 12 parts, both for temples and residential buildings, used as a cow-shed. |
| | Fig. 3 | Plan. |
| CXI | Twenty-ninth type | Dhanādhipa, with plough-shaped walls, of several varieties, generally for the gods and the Brahmans, but also used as the shaving pavilion for the kings and the twice born, as well as the treasury for jewels of the Kshatriyas and Vaiśyas. |

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| CXI | Thirty-seventh type | Droṇa, with 15 by 7 parts, used as a place for ram-fighting, also as the sports-pavilion for gods, as also the chapel in king's palace and for practising archery and wrestling. |
| | Ninth type | Vijaya, with 4 by 2 parts, used as the wedding pavilion and also as a place dedicated to gods for free distribution of water. |
| | Thirtieth type | Dhānyāgāra, with 10 by 3 parts, for Śūdras, used as a dwelling-house. |
| | Fig. 5 | Treasury, with 5 by 3 parts, for Kshatriyas and others. |
| CXII | Nineteenth type | Deva, with a thousand columns, used as council hall of gods and kings. |
| | Fig. 1 | Elevation. |
| | Fig. 2 | Section. |
| | Fig. 3 | Plan with nine parts square, excluding porches. |
| | | *Not illustrated* |
| | Fourth type | Mālyaja, used as a chapel with the image of a deity therein. |
| | Fifth type | Pāriyātra, used as a temple where a deity is installed. |
| | Sixth type | Gandha-mādana, used as a place for pilgrimage. |
| | Seventh type | Hema-kūṭa, used as a place for dancing and singing. |
| | Tenth type | Siddha-yoga, of 192 columns. |
| | Twelfth type | Sichā, used as an ordinary kitchen. |
| | Thirteenth type | Pushpa, used as a place for collecting flowers or as a bower. |
| | Fifteenth type | Śiva, used as a room for unhusking corn. |
| | Seventeenth type | Jālaka, used as a treasury for clothes, ornaments, jewels and other valuables. |
| | Twentieth type | Śālā, used as a residence. |
| | Twenty-first type | Kṛita used as a dwelling-house. |
| | Twenty-second type | Darbha, used as a stable for elephants. |
| | Twenty-third type | Kauśika, used as a stable for horses. |
| | Twenty-fifth type | Sukhāṅga, used as a guest-house. |

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| | Twenty-sixth type | Saukhyaka, built on the bank of a river, lake, or sea, and used as a place for pilgrimage. |
| | Twenty-seventh type | Mālikā, also called Mālikākṛiti, shaped like a garland, and used as the spring residence of gods, kings, and others. |
| | Twenty-eighth type | Dhanada, specially for Brahmans, used as a dwelling-house. |
| | Thirty-first type | Bhūshaṇa with several varieties, used as a place for the silence (worship) of the gods, for the Puṁsavana ceremonies of the Brahmans, and also as the kitchen for the Śūdras. |
| | Thirty-second type | Subhūshaṇa, used as a hall for the Upanayana (sacred thread) ceremonies of the Brahmans, Kshatriyas and Vaiśyas. |
| | Thirty-third type | Harmya, with several varieties, used as the kitchen of the gods, the Brahmans and the kings, and also as the place (lying-in room) to see the newly-born baby in. |
| | Thirty-fourth type | Śṛiṅgāra, used as the bed chamber of the gods and others. |
| | Thirty-fifth type | Sugata, fit for all castes in all provinces for all purposes. |
| | Thirty-sixth tpye | Prāgata, suitable for all sorts of work. |
| | Thirty-eighth type | Kharvaṭa, of several varieties, used as the dining hall of the kings, also as the coronation hall. |
| | Thirty-ninth type | Śrīrūpa, generally for temples, used as the coronation hall of the kings. |
| | Fortieth type | Maṅgala, specially for palaces of kings, used as the place for balancing the kings (against gold which is distributed). |
| | Forty-first type | Kānta, used as the place to see sports from, for the Crown Prince. |
| | Forty-second type | Śrīviśāla, used as the residence for the queen. |
| | Forty-third type | Somārka, of several varieties, used as the kitchen for the Brahmans, Kshatriyas, and Vaiśyas. |
| | Forty-fourth type | Jāti, style of pavilions for the gods and the Brahmans. |
| | Forty-fifth type | Chhanda, style of pavilions for the Kshatriyas. |

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| | Forty-sixth type | Vikalpa, style of pavilions for the Vaiśyas. |
| | Forty-seventh type | Ābhāsa, style of pavilions for the Śūdras. |
| | Forty-eighth type | Daṇḍaka, group of pavilions with two faces. |
| | Forty-ninth type | Svastika, group of pavilions with three faces and shaped like the plough. |
| | Fiftieth type | Nandyāvarta, group of pavilions with four faces. |
| | Fifty-first type | Maulika, group of pavilions with six faces. |
| | Fifty-second type | Sarvatobhadra, group of pavilions with eight faces. |
| | Fifty-third type | Grāma-maṇḍapa, pavilions for villages, square or rectangular in shape, with even or odd number of walls. |
| | Fifty-fourth type | Sabhā, for villages, used as the assembly hall. |
| | Fifty-fifth type | Nagara-maṇḍapa, pavilions for the cities. |
| | Fifty-sixth type | Pattana-maṇḍapa, pavilions for towns on the bank of a river or sea |
| | Fifty-seventh type | Kharvaṭa-maṇḍapa, pavilions in small towns for the Śūdras. |
| | Fifty-eighth type | Yātrā-mārga-maṇḍapa, pavilions or sheds on the road-side, used as the rest-house for travellers. |
| | | *Pavilions also mentioned in other chapters and used as stated below:* |
| | Fifty-ninth type | For besmearing oil in (*vide* Translation, p. 401). |
| | Sixtieth type | For cock-fight in palaces (p. 430). |
| | Sixty-first type | In front of mansions (p. 382). |
| | Sixty-second type | For installation of the bull (p. 593). |
| | Sixty-third type | For keeping clothes in (p. 296). |
| | Sixty-fourth type | For preparing dishes in (p. 296). |
| | Sixty-fifth type | For gathering flowers in (p. 296). |
| | Sixty-sixth type | For keeping jewels in (p. 297). |
| | Sixty-seventh type | For music (p. 402). |
| | Sixty-eighth type | For keeping perfumes, etc. (p. 297). |
| | Sixty-ninth type | For making flower garlands in (p. 297). |
| | Seventieth type | For keeping ornaments of gods (pp. 297-8). |
| | Seventy-first type | For keeping umbrellas and chowries (p. 298). |

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| | Seventy-second type | For seeing the military march from (p. 431). |
| | Seventy-third type | For unhusking rice (p. 402). |
| | Seventy-fourth type | For wedding (p. 401), a second variety. |
| | Seventy-fifth type | For performing sacrifice, built in front or sides of temples, square in shape, with twelve or sixteen columns, one pinnacle, a shed-yard, four doors and arches, and an altar in. |

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STOREYED MANSIONS OF SIX TYPES, EACH COMPRISING SEVERAL VARIETIES, RUNNING UP TO TWELVE STOREYS, BUILT FOR THE SAKE OF BEAUTY, HEALTH AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GODS, KINGS, AND OTHERS

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| CXIII | First type | Daṇḍaka, an isolated mansion comprising a single row of buildings, used generally by the Pārshṇika, the Maṇḍaleśa and the inferior classes of kings. |
| | Fig. 1 | First variety (Daṇḍaka-śālā). |
| | Fig. 2 | Third variety (Daṇḍaka-kānta). |
| | Figs. 3 to 6 | Plans showing various positions of doors. |
| | Fig. 7 | Second variety (Paṇḍi-sālā). |
| | Fig. 8 | Fourth variety (Daṇḍaka-śālā). |
| | Fig. 9 | Fifth variety (Daṇḍaka-śālā). |
| CXIV | Second type | Svastika, plough-shaped, comprising two rows of buildings, used generally by the Paṭṭadhara and other inferior classes of kings. |
| | Fig. 2 | Plan of the ground floor. |
| | Third type | Maulika, shaped like the winnowing basket, comprising three rows of buildings, used generally by the Maṇḍaleśa (Pārshṇika) and other inferior classes of kings. |
| | Fig. 1 | Plan of the ground floor. |
| CXV | Fourth type | Chaturmukha, comprising four rows of buildings, used generally by the Narendra and other inferior classes of kings. |

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| Plate no. | Figure | Description |
| | Fig. 1 | Plan of the ground floor. |
| | Fifth type | Sarvatobhadra, comprising seven rows of buildings, used generally by the Adhirāja (Mahārāja) and other inferior classes of kings. |
| | Fig. 2 | Plan of the ground floor. |
| CXVI | Sixth type | Vardhamāna, comprising ten rows of buildings, used generally by the Chakravartin and other inferior classes of kings. |
| | Fig. 1 | First variety (plan of the ground floor). |
| | Fig. 2 | Third variety (plan of the ground floor). |

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SITUATION, ETC., OF DWELLING-HOUSES

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*Not illustrated*

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