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.c41.s15.28

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.c41.s15.28

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There are two other types of buildings found only in the royal temples. They are known as *chuttamukk*, that is, *chaturmukha* (four-faced), and *mora-dob*, *mondob*, i.e. *maṇḍapa* or pavilion, both elaborately described in the *Mānasāra Śilpa-śāstra*. ‘The former, cruciform (*svastika*) in plan, was originally built to shelter a statue of the four-faced Brahmā; this has been destroyed, and its place taken by four niches, placed back to back, each with a statue of Buddha facing the cardinal points.’ The finest example is stated to have been found in the Vāt Maṇḍapa Si Nā at Sajjanalaya.

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Mānasāra — Sanskrit