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.s25.218

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In the *Mānasāra* the royal palaces proper are divided, with regard to their size, storey, and other characteristic features, into nine classes and assigned to the nine classes of kings—(1) *Chakravartin*, (2) *Mahārāja* or *Adhirāja*, (3) *Mahendra* or *Narendra*, (4) *Pārshṇika*, (5) *Paṭṭadhara*, (6) *Maṇḍaleśa*, (7) *Paṭṭabhāj*, (8) *Prāhāraka*, and (9) *Astra-grāhin*. Each of the nine types of the palaces admits of nine sizes. Every one consists of a certain number of halls, audience-chambers, or throne-rooms. Thus the palace of the *Chakravartin*, or universal monarch, possesses up to seven halls, that of the *Adhirāja* or *Narendra* up to six halls, and so forth.³ The chapter (XI) dealing with the dimensions of storeys, varying from one to twelve in residential buildings and temples, concludes with the rule directing the number of storeys in edifices according to the social status of their occupants.⁴