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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.c47.5795

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.c47.5795

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VISHṆU-KĀNTA—A class of storeyed buildings, a type of column, a type of gate-house, a kind of phallus, a jewel. A class of four-storyed buildings (*M.*, xxii, 3-12; *see* under PRĀSĀDA). A jewel (*M.*, xii, 90, etc.). An octagonal column with eight minor pillars (*M.*, xv, 20, 245, *see* under STAMBHA). A gate-house with sixteen towers (*M.*, xxxiii, 557; *see* under GOPURA). A kind of phallus (*M.*, lii, 154; *see* under LIṄGA).

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