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.c47.7440

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HIRAṆYA-NĀBHA—A type of edifice. Uttara-śālā-hīnaṁ Hiraṇya-nābhaṁ tri-śālakaṁ dhanyam—‘An edifice with three halls, wanting as it does a northern hall, is styled Hiraṇyanābha, and insures luck.’ (*Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, LIII, 37, *J. R. A. S.*, N. S., Vol. VI, p. 286.)

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Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit