History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s6.35
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s6.35
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The lexicons list special terms for different types of reservoirs (Abhi. R. 675-77: Vaij, p. 154). The Aparājitapṛccha (pp. 18-85) gives an elaborate classification of reservoirs: ten categories of wells, two of small wells (kūpikās), four of vāpīs, four of kuṇḍas and eighteen of tanks. The Mānasollāsa (II, p. 137, verse 1613) names a miśra tank as one which every year receives fresh water channels and is bound up with embankments.
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- Aparājitapṛcchā — Bhuvanadeva, Sanskrit
- Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi) — Someśvara III, Sanskrit
- Abhidhānacintāmaṇi — Hemacandra, Sanskrit