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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.s2.11

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.s2.11

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This *aṅgula* measure is practically the same in almost all the Indian works bearing upon measurement, for instance :
(1) *Mānasāra* (II, 40-45, 46-47, 48-52, 53-64, LXIV, 19-53, etc.).
(2) *Bṛihat-saṁhitā* (LVIII, 1-2).
(3) *Siddhānta-śiromaṇi*, ed. Bāpūdeva (p. 52).
(4) *Rāja-vallabha-Maṇḍana*, ed. Bhārati (Introduction).
(5) *Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa* (Part I, section 2, Chapter VII).
(6) *Matsya-Purāṇa* (Chapter CCLVIII, verses 17-18).
(7) *Vāstu-vidyā*, ed. Gaṇapati Sāstri (I, 3-5f).
(8) *Bimbamāna* (British Museum, MS. no. 558, 5292, verse 9f).
(9) *Suprabhedāgama* (XX, 1-9, 10-16, 20-26, etc.).
(10) *Kauṭilīya-Artha-śāstra*, ed. Shama Sastri (p. 106). Compare also :
(11) *Manu-saṁhitā* (VIII, 271).
(12) *Rāmāyaṇa* (VI, 20, 22).
(13) *Śata-patha-Brāhmaṇa* (X, 2, 13, III, 5, 4, 5).
(14) *Aitareya-Brāhmaṇa* (VIII, 5).

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