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.c47.4850

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Meruja maṇḍapa is for the library-room (line 161), Vijaya for wedding ceremonies (line 163), Padmaka for refectory or kitchen of gods (line 174), Sicha for ordinary kitchen (line 175), Padma for collecting flowers (line 181), Bhadra for water reservoir, store-house, etc. (line 185), Śiva for unhusking paddy corn (line 197), Veda for assembly-hall (line 209), Kula-dhāraṇa for keeping perfumes (line 262), Sukhāṅga for guest-house (sattra,) (line 272), Dārva for elephant's stable, and Kausika for horses' stable, Saukhyaka and others built on the bank of a sea, river, lake, etc., are for the pilgrimage of gods (line 281), Jayāla and others for summer residence (line 294). Some maṇḍapas are made for banishment (*see* below), some for bedrooms of queens and others. Dhanada (line 328), Bhūshaṇa (lines 349, 366), Kharvaṭa (lines 455, 472), Droṇa (lines 423–434), Śrīrūpa (line 480), Maṅgala (line 488), etc., are described under these terms.