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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.c47.6946

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.c47.6946

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v7.c47.6946

‘The column or pillar in Indian architecture is indeed very ancient. The word Sthūṇa which is a synonym of pillar in the *Mānasāra* is used in the *Ṛig-Veda*¹ and the later literature² in the same sense. The word Stambha³ is not perhaps so old but Skamba⁴ is used in the *Ṛig-Veda* in the same sense.’—(Macdonall and Keith, *Vedic Index*, II, pp. 488, 483.)

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