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.c47.2369

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(1) *Mānasāra* :
In connexion with the single-storeyed buildings :
> Yat tan nāmāntarālaṁ chordhve nāsikā jāla-pañjaraṁ vāpi ।
> (*M.*, xix, 215.)

In connexion with the seven-storeyed buildings :
> Nānā-prastara-saṁyuktaṁ jālakābhir alaṅkṛitam ।
> *M.*, xxv, 37.)

In connexion with the nine-storeyed buildings :
> Toraṇādy-aṅga-nīḍaiś cha jālakādi-vibhūshitam ।
> (*M.*, xxvii, 44.)

In connexion with the gopuras (gate-houses) :
> Narāṇāṁ jālakaṁ sarvaṁ devānām api yogyakam ।
> (*M.*, xxxiii, 572.)

In connexion with the maṇḍapas (pavilions) :
> Tad eva cheshṭa-dig-vāsaṁ kuryād evaṁ tu jālakam ।
> (*M.*, xxxiv, 205.)

In connexion with the door :
> Jayante vā mṛige vāpi chopadvāraṁ tu jālakam ।
> (*M.*, xxxviii, 19.)

In connexion with the doors of the kitchen (latticed windows are provided for the easy passage of smoke) :
> Tad-ūrdhva-gamanārthāya kshudra-jālaka-saṁyuktam ।
> (*M.*, xxxviii, 36.)

> Devānaṁ harmyake sarvaṁ madhya-dvāraṁ tu jālakam ।
> (*M.*, xxxix, 138.)

> Jālakādhika-hīnaṁ syād śrī-hīnam artha-nāśanam ।
> (*M.*, lxix, 35.)

An ornament for the feet :
> Ratnāṅgulīyakau hastau pādaṁ jāla-saratnakam ।
> (*M.*, li, 39.)

> Chāmuṇḍī jvāla (? jāla)-maulī cha bhairavī pibarāla-kam(-kā) ।
> (*M.*, liv, 136.)

(2) *Manu-Saṁhitā* (viii, 132, etc.) :
> Jālāntara gate-bhānau yat sūkshmaṁ driśyate rajaḥ ।

(3) *Rāmāyaṇa* (Cock) :
> V, 2, 49 : (Purīṁ) śata-kumbha-nibhair jālair gandharva-nagaro-pamām ।