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.c47.5869
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.c47.5869
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VEDI-(KĀ)—Originally a hall for reading the Vedas in, an altar, a stand, a basis, a pedestal, a bench, a kind of covered verandah or balcony in a courtyard, a moulding, ‘bands or string-courses carved with rail-pattern.’ The platform of a stage (Bharata’s *Nāṭya-śāstra* ii, 102, *see* details under NĀṬYA-GṚIHA(VISMA), terrace, altar, rail, terrace with balustrade (*Dīpavaṁśa* ii, p. 181–183, Oldenburg). Compare *Pāshāṇavedi* and *Silāvedi* (*Mahāvaṁśa*, 36, 52, 103), *Muddhavedi* and *Pāda-vedi* (*ibid.*, 35, 2.) (W. Geiger, *Mahāvaṁśa*, pp. 296–297.)
(1) Sālāntaṁ vedikordhve tu yuddhārthaṁ kalpayet sudhīḥ। (*M.*, ix 36!.)
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- Nāṭyaśāstra — Bharata, Sanskrit
- Mahāvaṃsa — Pāli
- Dīpavaṃsa — Pāli