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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.c47.4209

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.c47.4209

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(3) *Garuḍa-Purāṇa* (Chap. xlvii) has exactly the same general plan (vv. 1–20, 32–47), five shapes, five classes (vv. 21–23), and 45 kinds of buildings (vv. 24–32); but the wording is not identical. The fourth class is called Mālikā (v. 21) in the general description but the other reading, Maṇika, (v. 30) is given later on :

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