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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.c47.5333

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.c47.5333

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RAṄGA-MAṆḌAPA—A pavilion, an assembly-hall, a council chamber, the stage proper (Bharata’s *Nāṭya-śāstra*, II, 68, 96), the whole playhouse including auditorium also (*ibid.*, II, 91). Music hall as defined in the *Bhāvaprakāśana* (x, 518), implying singing, playing upon musical instruments, dancing and acting jointly or separately. *See* details under NĀṬYA-GṚIHA (VEŚMA).

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