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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) v6.c40.s7.22

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) v6.c40.s7.22

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¹ This is not a forced explanation dervied from the later Buddhist monuments (*vihāra*, *chaitya*). In the *Rig-veda* (VII, 89, 1) itself the grave is described as *mṛinmaya gṛiha*. It is more frequently mentioned in the *Atharva-veda*—'let these grihasaḥ be a refuge for him for ever' (*A.-V.*, XVIII, 3, 51 = *R.-V.*, X, 18, 12); 'make ye *gṛiha* for him according to his kindred' (*A.-V.*, XVIII, 4, 37), that is, the size and excellence depended on the number, position, and means of the kinsmen of the deceased (Sarkar, *ibid*, p. 44); 'as the five clans (*mānava*) implanted a *harmya* (edifice) for Yama, so I implant a *harmya* that there may be many of me' (*A.-V.*, XVIII, 4, 55).

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