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.s16.t3.4
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.s16.t3.4
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‘Within the walls were a small enclosure, the assembly rooms, and brick palaces. There was a palace, opening to the east, of which the loose pieces supporting the rafter looked like the tail of an owl.’ The towers are also stated to have been of an owl shape, ‘with its tail turned towards the wind and touching the mountains and the clouds, looking as if towards the water and ascending to the highest peak of the mountains.’¹ In design, the city itself, it should be noticed, may correspond to the Kheṭa plan of the *Mānasāra*, while *pechaka* (owl) has been distinctly referred to in the *Mānasāra* as a site-plan, which appears to have been carried to the towers and palaces built within the city, probably of the same plan.²
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- Mānasāra — Sanskrit