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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.c47.3779

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.c47.3779

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v7.c47.3779

Grāmādīnāṁ nagarādīnaṁ pura-pattana-kharvaṭe ।
Koshṭha-kolādi-sarveshāṁ garbha-sthānaṁ ihochyate ।
(*M.*, xii, 168–169.)
Kheṭānāṁ cha purāṇāṁ cha grāmāṇāṁ chaiva sarvaśaḥ ।
Trividhānāṁ cha durgāṇāṁ parvatodaka-dhanvinām ॥
Param ardhārdham āyāmaṁ prāg-udak-plavanaṁ puram ॥
Chatur-aśra-yutaṁ divyaṁ praśastaṁ taiḥ puraṁ kṛitam ॥
(*Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa*, Part I, 2nd *anushaṁgapāda*,
Chap. vii, vv. 105, 107, 108 ; *see also* v. 93.)
Pura-madhyaṁ samāśritya kuryād āyatanaṁ raveḥ ।
(*Bhavishya-Purāṇa*, Chap. cxxx, v. 40.)

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