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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.c47.6960

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.c47.6960

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‘ The other form of capital given to the column is taken from a maṇḍapa at Mayalapur. It is to be met with in many other ancient buildings and is what the artists call in Tamil surub-bodhika, roll capital. I cannot find any particular description of it, except a passage in the *Mānasāra*, which says : “ The projecting ornaments on the sides of the capital are made either in the form of an inverted apex or of a wheel (chakra) or circle. It is one diameter in height and projects but three-quarters of the diameter ”.’— (Rām Rāz, pp. 31–32.)

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