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.c47.6028

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ŚĀLĀ—‘Primarily a thatch of straw (*chālā*) for shelter of men or their cattle and stores, then the homestead inclusive of such stalls and sheds (*A. V.* III, 12, 1; V, 31, 5; VI, 106, 3; VIII, 6, 10; IX, 3, 1; XIV, 1, 63; *Tait. Brā.* I, 2, 3, 1; *Sat. Brā.* III, 1, 1, 6); then houses generally as in Śālāpati or householder (*A.-V.*, IX, 3, 12); finally a section or a single room of a house as in patnī-śālā, agni-śālā. It came quite early to be used of flourishing and wealthy residences as in prāchīśa-śālā (*Sat. Brā.* X, 3, 3, 1; 6, 1, 1; *Chhand. Upanishd*, V, 11, 1; *Mund. Upanishad* I, 1, 3) and in the Śilpa-śāstra notably in the *Mānasāra* it is used for a storeyed mansion, a hall, a room, an apartment, a house, a stable, a stall. The three terms, śālā, maṇḍapa, and gṛiha, are sometimes indiscriminately used to imply houses in general. Gośālā (cow-shed) (*M.*, XXXII, 87), pāṭha-śālā (college or school); vāji-śālā, gaja-śālā, and mesha-śālā (*M.*, XL, 127–128, etc.) generally indicate a separate house for domestic animals; while pāka-śālā (kitchen), etc., may imply a hall or room inside a small building also. But there is a clear distinction between maṇḍapa and śālā. ‘Trees are stated (*Matsya-Purāṇa*, VII, 83-120) to have supplied to the primitive man the model of his future house. Śālā (house) is stated (vv, 117-120) to have been derived from Śākhā This page appears to be entirely blank, containing no visible text or printed marks.