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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.c47.2264

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.c47.2264

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(1) Pīṭhikā-lakshaṇaṁ vakshye yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ ।
Pīṭhochchhrāyaṁ yathāvach cha bhāgān shoḍaśa kārayet ।
Bhūmāvekaḥ pravishṭaḥ syāch chaturbhir jagatī matā ॥
(*Matsya-Purāṇa*, Chap. CCLXII, vv. 1-2, *see also* 4-5.)
(2) Śikhareṇa samaṁ kāryam agre jagati(tī)-vistaram ।
Dvi-guṇenāpi karttavyaṁ yathā-śobhānurūpataḥ ॥
(*Agni-Purāṇa*, Chap. XLII, v. 5.)
Jagatī-vistarārddhena tri-bhāgena kvachid bhavet ॥
(*Ibid.*, Chap. CIV, v. 6.)
(3) Pravṛitā jagatī kāryyā phala-pushpa-jalānvitā ॥
(*Garuḍa-Purāṇa*, Chap. XLVII, v. 47.)
(4) Pāda-bandha-vimāne tu geha-garbhopari nyaset ।
Pratibandha-vimāne tu vṛiter upari vinyaset ॥
Vṛiter upari viprāṇāṁ kumudopari bhūbhṛitam ।
Jagaty-upari vaiśyānāṁ śūdrāṇāṁ pādukopari ॥
(*Kāmikāgama*, XXX, 91, 92.)

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