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.c47.5550
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.c47.5550
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(1) Tri-chandra-śālā bhaved valabhī। ‘The roof must have three dormer-windows.’ Dr. Kern adds the following: ‘Comm. valabhī vātāyana; vātāyana in general means “any place whither one goes to take an airing;” sometimes “a window” is intended by it, other times the flat “roof” of an Indian house. In the latter acceptation it is here used by Utpala, and frequently elsewhere; e.g. *Kathāsarit-sāgara* (95, 18): sva-gṛihottuṅga-vātāyana-gataḥ; (103, 162): harmya-vātāyanāruḍhaḥ, etc.’—(*Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, LVI, 25, LVII, 4, *J.R.A.S.*, N. S., Vol. VI, pp. 319, 322, note.)
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- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit