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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.c47.6422

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.c47.6422

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**SABHĀ**—A type of building, an edifice, a public hall, an assembly room, a council chamber, a society room in a private dwelling house. (*A.-V.*, XIX, 55, 6; *Taitt. Sam.*, III, 4, 8, 6, *Taitt. Brā.*, I, 1, 10, 3; *Chhānd-Upanishad*, VIII, 14). The special features in Vedic times were their pillars and fire-altars. There must have been suitable structural arrangements for the transaction of judicial, commercial and political business, and for the reception of 'courtly' well-born wealthy persons and kings, and for the performance of gambling, merriment, social intercourse, debates and contests (*Vedic India*, Vol. II, p. 426–427).

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