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.c47.5278

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‘Thus we have in Rājputānā Jesala-meru (this form is still used by Pandits and Yatis, and occurs regularly in the colophons of the palm-leaf manuscripts in the inscriptions and the Jaina books), ‘the Meru made by Jesala,’ which primarily denotes the hill-fort, rising with its temples and palace above the town of Jesalmer or Jesalmīr in Marvāḍ, Komalmer, properly Kumbhala-meru, ‘the meru built by Kumbhala or Kumbhakarṇa,’ which is the well-known hill-fort in Mevāḍ. (In the *Rajputana Gazetteer*, Vol. III, p. 52, the fort is called Komalgarh, while Col. Tod gives Komalmer). The name Kumbhala-meru occurs in the Jaina Paṭṭāvalis (*see* the description of the Kharatara, no. 56, Śrīpuj-Jina-samudra, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. xi, p. 249), and Balmer or Barmer, properly Bāhaḍa-meru, the Meru made by Bāhaḍa, a hill-fort in Mallānī (*Rājputana Gazetteer*, Vol. ii, p. 271). The form Bāhaḍa-meru is used by the Jainas (*see* the description of the Kharatara, no. 58, Śrīpuj-Jina-samudra, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. xi, p. 249). In Kaṭhiāvāḍ, there is Jhāñjmer, (*Bombay Gazetteer*, Vol. viii, p. 459) properly Jhañjha-meru, the Meru made by Jhañjha, and in the Central Provinces there is another Ajmir-garh, properly Ajaya-meru-gadha, the fort, i.e., the Meru made by Ajaya.'—(Origin of the town of Ajmer and of its name, Dr. Bühler, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. xxvi, p. 164, last para., notes 11–15.)