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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.c47.2665

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.c47.2665

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(27) ‘The sculptor Kālidāsi, champion over the proud, a thunderbolt to the rock (vajra-giri), titled sculptor, made the makara-toraṇa (or carved headpiece for the lintel).’—(*Ep. Carnat.*, Vol. v, part I, Supplement, Belur Taluq, no. 239; Transl., p. 275; Roman Text, p. 592.)