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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.c47.4726

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.c47.4726

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Then follow the dimensions of the storeys from one to twelve and sixteen (*ibid.*, vv. 2-34). The five proportions of the height of storeys, as ‘bhumi-lamba’ means, are given under the same five technical names as in the *Mānasāra*, viz., Śāntika, Pushṭa, Jayada, Adbhuta, and Sarvakāmika (vv. 24, 25-28). The Jāti, Chhanda, Vikalpa and Ābhāsa classes of buildings are also distinguished (vv. 9-13).

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