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.c47.7315

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According to the *Kāmikāgama* (XXXV, 89 ff.) the distinguishing features of the svastika house are the six eyes (netra) in right and left, and the four eyes on the two sides and in front. Further details have been elaborated in the *Mānasāra-Vāstu-śāstra* where (Chap. XXXIV, 552) the characteristic features are stated to be the plough-shape and the three faces. This design has been followed in a structure erected at Allahabad near the Bharadwaj Ashrama of which several photographic views, measured drawings and a graphic description are included in the writer's *Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad*. The plough-shaped three-face design will not at the first sight disclose the usual svastika plan, which has various forms. The standard authorities on architecture have developed the plan of the svastika house in three different forms as described in the *Mānasāra*, the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, and *Agni-Purāṇa*, and *Garuḍa-Purāṇa*. The structure referred to above is in conformity with the Manasara's rules and satisfies all the essential requirements.