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KARKARĪ-KṚITA—Paved with small pieces of stone. Consolidated with kankar (nodular limestone or gravels).
(1) Mahā-mārgaṁ tu sarveshāṁ vīthīnāṁ karkarī-kṛitam। Vīther(thyāḥ) etad dvayaṁ proktaṁ tan-madhye karkarī-kṛitam।—(*M.*, ix, 197, 333.) Referring to the pedestal : Prativājanakaṁ teshāṁ kṛiteḥ karkarī-kṛitam।—(*M.*, xiii, 151.) Referring to the gate-house (gopura) : Etat tu śikharaṁ proktaṁ karkarī-nāsikā-kṛitam। (*M.*, xxxiii, 561.) Referring to the maṇḍapa (pavilion) : Tach-chatush-karṇa-deśe tu karkarī chāshṭa-bhadrakam। Tat karṇaṁ cha dvayor bhadraṁ chaturthaṁ karkarī-kṛitam। Karkarī-bhadra-saṁyuktaṁ maṇḍapasya viśālakam। (*M.*, xxxiv, 305, 308, 309.) Maṇḍape chordhva-kūṭaṁ syāt śālākāraṁ tu yojayet। Ashṭa-vaktra-samāyuktaṁ karṇeshu karkarī-kṛitam। (*Ibid.*, 530–531.) Referring to the śālā (hall, mansion) : Veda-vedāṁśakaṁ madhye vivṛitaṁ saṁvṛitāṅk(g)aṇam। Tad-bahiś chāvṛitāṁśena karkarī-samalaṅkṛitam। (*M.*, xxxv, 300–301.)
(2) In connexion with the description of a Svastika (shaped)-house : Pṛishṭhe tu dīrgha-koshṭhaṁ syāt pūrva-koshṭhaṁ tathā bhavet। Bāhya(-e) bāhya(-e) śālā-dvayaṁ netraṁ yuktaṁ tu karkarī-yutam॥ (*Kāmikāgama*, xlii, 7.)