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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.c47.7324

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.c47.7324

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HAṬṬA—A market, a market-place, a fair.
(1) Saumya-dvāraṁ saumya-pade kāryā haṭṭās tu vistarāḥ ।। (*Agni-Purāṇa*, Chap. cvi, v. 3.)
(2) Attra haṭṭaḥ mahā-janaś cha sthāpitaḥ—here the market-place and the shopkeeper (*lit.* big folk) were established. Vichittra-vīthī-saṁpūrṇṇam haṭṭaṁ kṛitvā gṛihāni cha—having constructed a market-place full of variegated (various) streets and houses (shops). (Ghatiyala Inscrip. of Kakkuka, no. 1, v. 6 ; no. 11, v. 3 ; *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. ix, p. 280.)
(3) Niśrānikshepa-haṭṭam ekaṁ narapatinā dattam । ‘A bazar building or ware-house for storing goods to be exported was granted by the king.’—(The Chahamanas of Marwar, no. xxiii, Jalor stone Inscrip. of Sāmantasiṁhadeva, lines 22, 23, *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. xi, p. 62.)

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