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.c47.3927
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.c47.3927
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(1) Satra-prapā-pra(ti)śraya-vṛishotsargga-vāpī-kūpa-taḍarāma-devālayādi-karaṇopakaraṇārtham iha—‘for the purpose of (supplying) requisite materials for preparing alms-house (feeding establishment), a place for distributing water gratis to travellers, a shelter-house for travellers, a vṛishotsargga (*see* below, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. xii, p. 142), reservoirs, wells, tanks, orchards, temples, etc.’—(Cambay Plates of Govinda IV, line 58, *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. vii, pp. 41, 46, note 8.)