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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.c47.2149

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.c47.2149

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(1) Tri-chandra-śālā bhaved valabhī—the roof must have three dormer-windows.—(*Brihat-Saṁhitā*, lvi, 25, 27, *J.R.A.S.*, N. S., Vol. vi, pp. 319, 320.)
(2) Pārśvayoś chandra-śāle’sya uchchhrāyo bhūmikā-dvayam ।
(*Matsya-Purāṇa*, Chap. cclxix, v. 38; *see also* vv. 40, 41, 42, 46.)
(3) Chandra-śālānvitā kāryyā bheri-śikhara-saṁyutā ।।
(*Garuḍa-Purāṇa*, Chap. xlvii, v. 44.)
(4) Tri-chandra-śālā bhaved valabhī ।।
Babu-ruchira-chandra-śālāḥ shaḍ-viṁśad-bhāga-bhūmiś cha ।
(*Bhavishya-Purāṇa*, Chap. cxxx, vv. 32, 34.)
(5) Hasti-prishṭha-yuktaṁ chandra-śālābhiś cha samanvitam (vimānaṁ) ।।
(*Kāmikāgama*, l, 92.)
(6) Kuṭṭimo’strī nibaddhā bhūś chandra-śālā śirogṛiham ।
Commentary : chandrādi-dvayaṁ gṛihoparitana-gṛihasya uparam ādi-aṭṭāl ityādi prasiddasya ।
(*Amarakōsha*, ii, 5, 8.)

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