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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.c47.7087

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.c47.7087

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(3) Suśīla(ś) chaturo daksha-śāstrajña-lobha-varjita(-taḥ) । Kshamāvān asya (syād) dvijaś chaiva sūtradhāra(ḥ) sa uchyate ॥ ‘One who is of good behaviour, clever, skilful, learned, free from lust (excessive desire of gain), can forgive (rivals), and belongs to the twice-born class, is called Sūtra-dhāra.’ (*Śilpa-dīpaka*, ed. Gaṁgādhara, I, 3.)

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