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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.c41.s18.3

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.s18.3

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The origin of the name is ascribed by some to an abbreviation of the Malay words ‘burut suma utara,’ used by the people of Java to describe the situation of Sumatra to their ‘north-west.’ According to others, the name owes its origin to the Sanskrit form *samudra* or sea, given by the Hindu settlers to imply the ocean island. Yet a third derivation is found in Suvarṇa-dvīpa (island of gold), which is found mentioned in the *Rāmāyaṇa* in connexion with the search for Sītā, stolen by Rāvaṇa.

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