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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.c47.6497

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.c47.6497

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(1) Tri-koṇaṁ vṛittam ardhendum ashṭa-koṇaṁ dvir-ashṭakam ।
Chatush-koṇaṁ tu kartavyaṁ saṁsthānaṁ maṇḍapasya tu ।।
The plan of a maṇḍapa should be made triangular, quadrangular, octagonal, sixteen-angular, half moon-shaped, and circular.
(*Matsya-Purāṇa*, Chap. cclxx, vv. 15–16.)
(2) Tri-koṇaṁ padmam arddhenduṁ chatush-koṇaṁ dvir-ashṭakam।
Yatra tatra vidhātavyaṁ saṁsthānaṁ maṇḍapasya tu ।।
(*Garuḍa-Purāṇa*, Chap. xlvii, vv. 32–33.)

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