Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.75

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There is an interesting account of how the horses are to be housed in a stable. The places where the horses were fastened, were called Sthānas (modern thāna—even today we call it thāna). Only the S.S. has credit to mention it (Ch 33. 21-24). A series of Sthānas planned in a row formed the Aśva-sālā, which was always long (cf. Raghuvaṁśa V—"Dīrgheṣvamī niyamitāḥ paṭa-maṇḍapeṣu").