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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.c47.4824

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.c47.4824

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A class of buildings which are oval in plan and sub-divided under the following names:
(1) Gaja, (2) Vṛishabha, (3) Haṁsa, (4) Garutman, (5) Ṛiksha-nāyaka, (6) Bhūshaṇa, (7) Bhū-dhara, (8) Śrījaya, and (9) Pṛithivī-dhara:
(1) *Agni-Purāṇa* (Chap. CIV, v. 11, 19–20; *see* under PRĀSĀDA).
(2) *Garuḍa-Purāṇa* (Chap. XLVII, vv, 29–30; *see* under PRĀSĀDA). *Cf.* Rock inscriptions at Mulbe (no. IV, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. XXXV, pp. 79, 80).

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