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Bhavanas and Mahagshas (large houses ) also known as miveșaņaswere also constructed. The bhavanas are explained as stupendous houses surrounded with greenery and vegitation on all the sides. The mahagshas usually belonged to the rich Seççhis and could accommodate a large number of people. In one such house five hundred monks are said to have taken resort during their rain-retreat.: Ujjanagihas were the pleasure-houses constructed amidst beautiful surroundings of gardens. Nijjānagihas were the houses made outside the city and were used as rest-houses for the kings while travelling. * Sunnagihas were the dilapidated houses which were used as rest-houses by the travellers and monks. Rukkhagihas were the houses made of tree or on the tree. There were also bhūmigihas or underground cells used for various purposes. Apart from these the little huts ( tiņakudiya ), thatched with bamboo and reeds, were used by the poor people.'
sala-While the gihas had walls, the salas were devoid of walls.8 It shows that the sala was a hall-like structure without any compartments inside. Various salas, viz. jānasala, gosala, tanasala, tusasala, kammantasala, kumbhakarasala etc. have been mentioned.
Agara-Agāra denoted a house but it has also been used as a name ending with the various types of buildings. The drāmagara and agaṁtā gara were the rest-houses, the former being parti
a hall and facing (or in front of) the courtyard. --Acharya, op. cit.,
p. 54. 1. NC. 2, p. 209, also p. 433. 2. NO. 3, p. 344. 3. NC. 2, p. 138; Brh. V. 4, p. 988, 4. णगरणिग्गमे जं ठियं तं णिज्जाणं एतेसु चेव गिहा कया उज्जाण-णिज्जाणगिहा
NC. 2, p. 433. 5. NC. 3, p. 344. 6. T for fat-Ibid., also NO. 1, p. 114. 7. NO. 1, p. 9. 8. Figge ME, 345551 FS-NC. 3, p. 344; NC. 2, p. 433. 9. Ibid.
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