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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.c47.5502

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.c47.5502

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VAJRA-KUMBHA—A moulding of the base and the pedestal, generally placed between a cyma and petal, it is so called, as it resembles an elongated pitcher. A moulding of the base (*M.*, XIV, 253; *see* the list of mouldings under ADHISHṬHĀNA). A moulding of the pedestal (*M.*, XIII, 74; *see* the list of mouldings under UPAPĪṬHA).

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