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.c47.1607

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**KOLHI-VEŚMIKĀ**—A hall-mansion. Śrī-kṛishṇagiri-mahārāja-mahā-vihāre upaśama-kolhiveśmikāḥ śachīvarīkāḥ sametā akshainītīḥ drāmmā-śataikena kārāpitaḥ—'have had hall-mansions (suitable) for meditation built at this great monastery of the famous mount of Kṛishṇa and have given as a perpetual endowment one hundred drammas.' Śrīmat-kṛishṇa-giri-mahā-vihāre bhadra-śrī-vishṇu-bhikshūṇāṁ tatrasthārya-(saṁghasya) drammāṇāṁ śatamekaṁ (datvā) paśamana-saḍiśāṁ chīvarikādi-lābha-samanvitāṁ kolhiveśmikāṁ kshityāṁ nyavīviśat—'gave one hundred drammas to the monks of the worshipful community dwelling at the great monastery of the famous mount of Kṛishṇa, and caused to be built in the ground a hall-mansion suitable for meditation.'—Dr. Hultzsch. The translations quoted above are, it should be noticed, too free. The term 'kolhi' also does not sound like a Sanskrit word; but there are words like 'kalhaṇa'; there is a phonetic resemblance between 'kolhi' and 'kulya' which means something belonging to the family and hence 'main' or 'chief.' (Three Inscrip. from Kaṇheri, no. 15, line 4 f. ; no. 43A, line 2 f., *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. XIII, pp. 134, 135, 136.)