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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.c47.4393

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.c47.4393

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v7.c47.4393

(51) In the Buddhist literature buildings are divided into five classes (pañcha-lenāni)—vihāra (monastery), ardha-yoga (stated by the commentator Buddhaghosa to imply ‘ suvārṇa-vaṅga-gṛiha,’ a type of two-roofed buildings, partly religious and partly residential), prāsāda (wholly residential storeyed buildings), harmya (larger type of storeyed buildings), and guhā (underground buildings).--(Vinaya Texts, *Mahāvagga* I, 30, 4, p. 73–74 : *Chullavagga*, VI, 1, 2, p. 158.)

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