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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.c47.1963

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.c47.1963

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v7.c47.1963

The gate-house of a town (*M*, x, 48).
In connexion with the height of storeys (bhūmi-lamba) :
> Devatālayānāṁ nṛipāṇāṁ śālā-gopure (e)vam uttuṅgam ।
> (*M.*, xi, 113.)
In connexion with the base (*M.*, xiv, 415).
In connexion with the column :
> Prāsāde maṇḍape vāpi prākāre gopure tathā ।
> (*M.*, xv, 433.)
In connexion with the windows (*M.*, xxxiii, 594)
In connexion with images of Yakshas Vidyādharas, etc. :
> Jānv-uśrita-hastau gopurodhṛita-hastakau ।
> Evaṁ vidyādharaḥ proktaḥ sarvābharaṇa-bhūshitaḥ ।
> (*M.*, lviii, 16–17.)

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