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.s9.15

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.s9.15

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But detached references to individual buildings, as distinct from villages and towns, are found in abundance in the canonical texts, as well as the *Jātakas*. At places it appears as if Buddha were delivering discourses on architecture. As a matter of fact he enjoined upon his devotees the supervision of building construction as one of the duties of the order.¹ It is stated in one of the early texts that the Bhikkhus were told on a certain occasion by the Blessed One, after the delivery of a religious discourse, with respect to dwellings, thus: ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, abodes of five kinds *Vihāra*, *Arddhayoga*, *Prāsāda*, *Harmya*, and *Guhā*.’²

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Cullavagga — Pāli