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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) v7.c47.1172

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) v7.c47.1172

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v7.c47.1172

Kapota-pālinī-yukta-mato gachchhati tulyatām ।
(*Bhavishya-Purāṇa*, Chap. cxxx, v. 37.)
Koṇa-pārāvataṁ kuryāt stūpy-āchchhādanakāni cha ॥
Koṇa-pārāvataṁ nyasya koṇa-loshṭāni vinyaset ॥
(*Vāstu-vidyā*, ed. Gaṇapati Śāstri, xvi, 27, 36.)
Bahiḥ kapota-karaṇaṁ vājanopari kalpayet ॥
Ardha-tri-pāda-daṇḍaṁ vā kapota-lambanaṁ bhavet ॥
(*Kāmikāgama*, liv, 21, 22 : *see also* vv. 36, 37.)
Chatur-guṇam (of the main temple) mukhāyāmaṁ prākārāṇāṁ viśeshataḥ ।
Kapotāntaṁ samutsedhaṁ hasta-vistāra-bhittikam ॥
(*Suprabhedāgama*, xxxi, 119.)
Kapota-pālikāyāṁ tu viṭaṅkaṁ puṁ-napuṁsakaṁ ॥
(*Amarakōsha*, ii, 3, 15.)

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