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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.c47.3723

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.c47.3723

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PĪṬHA(-ṬHIKĀ)—Pīṭha is possibly corrupted from pi-sad to sit upon, hence means a stool, seat, chair, throne, pedestal, altar. A wooden seat (*Vāj. Sam.*, xxx, 21: *Taitt. Brā.*, III, 4, 17, 1), low rectangular, plain or carved and sometimes with painted designs. The pedestal of an idol, the yoni part of the phallus, a pavement, chairs of various kinds (*Mahāvagga*, v, 10, 2; *see* BHADRĀPĪṬHA, EṬAKA-PADAKA PĪṬHA). Fire-altars of the Vedic and Brāhmanic periods built on river banks, mistaken by Alexander for memorials, which Chandra Gupta Maurya utilized for sacrificial purposes. A site-plan of nine square plots. (*M.* VII, 4).

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