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.c47.5585

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.c47.5585

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(1) Bhojanaṁ nānuvaṁśaṁ syāch chhayanaṁ cha tathaiva cha।
Anuvaṁśa-gṛiha-dvāraṁ naiva kāryaṁ śubhārthibhiḥ॥
Dvija-gehasya vaṁśaṁ tu pūrvāgraṁ parikalpayet॥
Yāmyāgraṁ kshatriyāṇāṁ tu paśchimāgraṁ viśāṁ bhavet।
Śūdrāṇāṁ uttarasyāṁ syād esha vaṁśāgrako vidhiḥ॥
(*Kāmikāgama*, xxxv, 147, 149, 150.)
Prāg-vaṁśayor anya-vaṁśaiś cha nālikera-dalādibhiḥ।
Āchchhāditah prapā nāma prastaraṁ chātra maṇḍapaḥ॥
Vaṁśādir asṁśa-sahitā śikhara-stūpikānvitāḥ।
Nāsikā-mukha-paṭṭāṁśā śāleti parikīrtitā॥—(*Ibid.*, l, 88, 90.)
Jayantī vaṁśakā jñeyā tulā-vad anumārgakam॥
(*Ibid.*, liv, 15.)
Daṇḍikā-vāra-saṁyuktaṁ shaṇ-netra-sama-vaṁśakam।
Vaṁśopari gatāḥ śālāś chatasro’ shṭānanānvitāḥ॥
(*Ibid.*, xlii, 19.)
(2) The backbone (*M.*, vii, 264; see also lxv, 158; lxvii, 82).

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Kāmikāgama — Sanskrit