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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.c47.2472

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.c47.2472

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v7.c47.2472

| | | *Parts* |
| (1) Crown of the head (murdhni) | .. .. | 2 |
| (2) face | .. .. .. | 10 |
| (3) neck | .. .. .. | 3 |
| (4) (from neck to) heart | .. .. .. | 10 |
| (5) (from heart to) navel | .. .. .. | 10 |
| (6) (from navel to) sex-organ | .. .. .. | 5 |
| (7) suraga (? hole) is of same parts as the back (pīṭhāṁśa) | | |
| (8) thigh (ūru) | .. .. .. | 3 |
| (9) knee (jānu) | .. .. .. | 3 |
| (10) leg (pāda) | .. .. .. | 3 |
| (11) length of arm | .. .. .. | 20 |
| (12) elbow | .. .. .. | 1½ |
| (13) forearm (prakoṣṭha) | .. .. .. | 16 |
| (14) palm (including fingers) | .. .. .. | 8 |
| (15) foot | .. .. .. | 11 |
| (16) breadth of the face | .. .. .. | 7 |
| (17) width of the neck | .. .. .. | 5 |
| (18) width at the arm-joint | .. .. .. | 5 |
| (19) width of the chest between armpits | .. | 14 |
| (20) width by heart | .. .. .. | 12 |
| (21) width by mid-belly | .. .. .. | 16 |
| (22) width by loins (kaṭi) | .. .. .. | 12 |
| (23) width of the thigh | .. .. .. | 8 |
| (24) width of the knee | .. .. .. | 5 |
| (25) width of the leg (jaṅghā) | .. .. .. | 4 |
| (26) width at the ankle | .. .. .. | 3 |
| (27) width of the sole | .. .. .. | 4 |