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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.c47.5500

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.c47.5500

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VAJRA—Adamantine, forked, zigzag, a diamond, the thunderbolt of Indra, a type of column, a paste, plaster or cement, a type of building. A column with eight rectangular sides (*Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, LIII, 28). A paste, plaster or cement: Kalkaḥ kṛito dvitīyo'yaṁ vajrākhyaḥ। (*Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, LVII, 6, *J. R. A. S.*, N. S., Vol. VI, p. 322.) A type of octangular building:
(1) *Agni-Purāṇa* (Chap. CIV, vv. 20–21, *see* under PRĀSĀDA).
(2) *Garuḍa-Purāṇa* (Chap. XXXVII, vv. 21, 23, 31–32; *see* under PRĀSĀDA).

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