[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v7.c47.4246 # 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.c47.4246 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.c47.4246 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c47.4246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c47.4246) (18) Chatush-koṇa (four-cornered, v. 25) : \*Matsya-Purāṇa\* (Chap. CCLXIX, vv. 28, 53) reads Chatur-asra, and \*Bṛihat-Saṁhitā\* (LVI, 28) has Chatur-aśra ; (19) Ashṭāsra (octangular, v. 25) ; (20) Shoḍaśāśra (sixteen-cornered, v. 25). - [Previous: v7.c47.4245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c47.4245) - [Next: v7.c47.4247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c47.4247) - [Up: v7.c47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c47) ## Cites (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c47.4246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c47.4246) · Pramāṇa