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.c47.3637

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At the eight cardinal points of the innermost or the first cour the temples of the group of eight deities are built (lines 3–5). The groups of sixteen and thirty-two deities are housed in the second and the third court respectively (lines 6–7). Between the third and the fifth court is stated to be the Viniyoga (offering)-pavilion (line 8). The description of the location of temples for each of the deities of these three groups is given (lines 10–119). The temples of the attendant deities of Vishṇu are specified (lines 121–156). The temples and the attendant deities of Gaṇeśa and Kshetrapāla and also those of Buddha, Jina and all such petty (kshudra) gods are passed over and stated to be built in accordance with the rules of *Śāstras* (lines 157–166).