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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.c47.5611

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.c47.5611

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Vāme bhāge dakshiṇe vā nṛipāṇāṁ tredhā kāryā vāṭikā krīḍanār,tham ।
‘At the left or right side a three-fold pavilion should be built for the sport of the kings.’—(*Śilpa-śāstra-sāra-saṁgraha*, IX, 29.)
Uttare saralais tālaiḥ śubhā syāt pushpa-vāṭikā ।
(*Matsya-Purāṇa*, Chap. CCLXX, v. 29.)
Bhaktyā vidhāpitaṁ chābhyām āmrālohita-mamdiram (mā)tṛi-ha(rmye)ṇa (saṁyu)ktaṁ vāpyā vāṭikayāpi hi ।
‘Out of devotion he caused to be erected a temple of red colour and surrounded it with shrine of some mātā (? three shrines), a step-well and an orchard.’—(Dhanop inscrip. of Chachcha, v. 6, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. XL, pp. 175, 174.)

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