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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.c47.3067

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.c47.3067

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³ *Kāṭhaka-Upanishad*, V, 1, speaks of a town with eleven gates as a possibility (the body is like a town with eleven gates.) Nine gates are given to a town by Varāha, p. 52, 5: Nava dvāraṁ . . . ekastambhaṁ chatushpatham. Laṅkā has four bridged gates (eight in all and eight walls) (*R.*, VI, 93, 7). Four gates are implied in the 6th act of Mṛichchhakaṭika where the men are told to go to the four quarters to the gates.

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