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) v1.c4: Abbreviations
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) v1.c4
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[References to the quotations are given in full in all cases. No list of works and authors is, therefore, appended. Abbreviations have been used only in the following cases. The order is that of the English alphabet as the names in the following list are all English.]
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| Arch. Surv., new Imp. series... | | *Archæological Survey*, new Imperial series. |
| Buddhist Cave Temples | ... | *Archæological Survey of Western India*, new Imperial series, vol. iv, "Reports on the Buddhist Cave Temples and their Inscriptions," by Jas Burgess, LL.D., F.R.G.S. |
| C. I. I. | ... | *Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum*, vol. iii, "Inscription of the Early Gupta Kings," by Dr. Fleet. (*Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum*, vol. i, "Inscriptions of Asoka," by General Sir A. Cunningham, has not been referred to, neither M. Senart's editions of the same inscriptions in different volumes of the Indian Antiquary as well as in his French volumes. The only reference to these inscriptions is given from Dr. Bühler's edition in the *Epigraphia Indica*; the difference in reading, if any, among the editors has been noted by their names Cunningham, Senart, Bühler.) |
| C. I. I., F. G. I. | ... | *Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum*, "Fleet's Gupta Inscriptions." |
| Chālukyān Architecture, Arch. Surv., new Imp. series (followed by volume and page, etc.). | | *Archæological Survey of India*, new Imperial series, vol. xxi, "Châlukyān Architecture," by Alexr. Rea, M R.A.S. |
| Cock | ... | *Eene Oud-indische stad Volgens het Epos*, by Dr. J. K. de Cock, Groningen, 1899. |
| Cunningham, Arch. Surv. Reports | ... | *Archæological Survey of India Reports*, by General Sir Alexander Cunningham. |
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| **F. G. I.** | ... | ... | *Dr. Fleet's Gupta Inscriptions.* |
| **Ep. Carnat.** | ... | ... | *Epigraphia Carnatica*, by Lewis Rice.¹ |
| **Ep. Ind.** | ... | ... | *Epigraphia Indica.* |
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¹ The most arbitrary abbreviations of the names of the Taluqs, approximately 100 in the 12 volumes, have not been followed, first because it seems impossible, at least for me, to read, from his abbreviation Cn., Channarayapattana (in the Introduction, and the table of contents, but indifferently spelt 'Channarayapatna' in the title at the top of each page), from Mj., Manjarabad, etc. (see Introduction, vol. v, part I, p. 1); secondly, 100 such abbreviations will be too tedious for any patient reader to remember. These names have, therefore, been written hundreds of times in full.
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Again there are as many as 12 kinds of paging sometimes in (each part of) each volume. Compare, for instance, vol. III. 'Contents' after one fol. of the fly-leaf, one of the names of the Taluqs, and one of a plate:—
(1) Preface (page number is not given).
(2) List of illustrations (page number is not given).
(3) Introduction .. .. .. 1–36
(4) List of the Inscriptions classified in chronological order .. I–IX
(5) Text of the Inscriptions in Roman characters .. .. 1–213
(6) Translations of the Inscriptions .. .. 1–117 Text of the Inscriptions:
(7) in Kannada characters .. .. .. 1–381
(8) in Grantha and Tamil characters .. .. .. 1–32
(9) in Arabic and Persian characters .. .. .. 1–4
(10) Addenda et Corrigenda .. .. .. 1-2
(11) Alphabetical list of towns and villages where the inscriptions were found .. 1–4
(12) Index to Introduction .. .. .. 1–11
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This is not a solitary instance: compare also vol. v, part I, which bears 9 kinds of paging exclusive of the fly-leaf, names of Taluqs, and a plate; vol. VII has 10 kinds of paging.
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There is yet another difficulty, perhaps the most irritating one, of consulting and referring to this extensive work comprising approximately 12,000 pages. Many of the readers for whose service this dictionary is made are not expected to be familiar with the various South Indian scripts. It is for this reason and also for sparing readers the troubles of confusing pagings that I have referred to the Roman text only. But neither the Roman text nor the translation even of the largest inscriptions covering sometimes 10 pages of 40 lines to a page (cf. vol. v, part I, pp. 262, 364, 530, etc.) has been numbered by verses, lines or paragraphs. Consequently, no one convenient method could be followed in referring to a particular passage in the Roman text and in the corresponding translation. I might have counted, from the beginning of the inscription, the lines in both the places (which I have actually done in referring to the smaller inscriptions), but that would not save troubles of readers, as they would themselves be required to count say 400 lines twice, once in the text and secondly in the translation. In such cases my references to a particular passage has been thus: Ep. Carnat., vol. v, part I,--Channaragapattana Taluq no.——, Roman text or Translation, p.——, line (of that particular page, and not from the beginning of the inscription), sometimes from the bottom upwards, stated distinctly in so many words (e.g., line 2 from bottom upwards, instead of saying line 43, i.e., from the top downwards); occasionally it appeared more convenient to say p. 43, para. 7, line 9, instead of counting all the lines from the top or bottom of the page.
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| Gloss. Grecian Arch. ... | A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture, by Anonymous, London, 1838. |
| Gwilt, Encycl. (generally followed by the cardinal number of articles and occasionally by page). | *An Encyclopædia of Architecture*, by Joseph Gwilt, f.s.a., f.r.a.s., 1867. |
| H. S. I. I. ... ... | *South Indian Inscriptions*, by Dr. Hultzsch. |
| Fergusson, Hist. of Ind. and East. Arch. | *History of Indian and Eastern Architecture*, by James Fergusson, d.c.l., f.r.s., m.r.a s., 1891. |
| Hist. of Arch. Fletcher ... | *A History of Architecture*, by Fletcher, 1908. |
| Ind. Ant. ... ... | *The Indian Antiquary*.∗ |
| J. A. S. B. (followed by volume and page, etc.). | Bengal Asiatic Society's Journal. |
| J. A S. Bom. Br. (followed by volume, page, etc. and N. S. added to indicate new series). | Bombay Branch, Asiatic Society's Journal. |
| J. A. O. S. (followed by part and page, etc.). | The Journal of the American Oriental Society. |
| J. R. A. S., N. S (followed by volume, page, etc.). | The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, new series. |
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∗ In the earlier volumes of this series, pages are divided, not invariably, however, into two columns, which are abbreviated thus : Ind. Ant , vol. v (preceded by the name of the article or the inscription), p. 320, C. 1 or 2 (=column 1st or 2nd), para. 1 or 2 (where there is more than one), line, say, 7 (of the para. when it is followed by any, or simply lines to be counted from the top ; in cases where it appeared more convenient, it is stated thus : line 7 from bottom upwards). In the earlier volumes the foot-notes are not marked by the numerical figures, 1, 2, 3 and so forth ; they are indicated by some inconvenient signs, e.g.,*, †, ‡, etc. It was not possible to refer to these notes by any particular name. Some of the inscriptions published in this series have been given three different titles in three places of reference, namely, one in the table of contents, a different one as the heading of the inscription in the body of the volume, and a third one on the top of the pages wherein it is described. Compare, for example, the following :—
(1) Two Praśastis of Nānāka, a court poet of Vīśaladeva of Gujarata (Ind. Ant., vol. xi, contents, at the end of the volume).
(2) Sanskrit Grants and Inscriptions of Gujrat Kings, nos. iii and iv, Praśastis of Nānāka, a court poet of King Vīśaladeva of Gujrat (in the heading of the article, p. 98).
(3) Sanskrit Grants and Inscriptions (on the top of pages 99, 101, 103, 105, 107). I have generally referred to the last named title, i.e., the one occurring on the top of the pages.
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| K. S. I. I. | ... | *South Indian Inscriptions*, by Rao Sahib H. Krishnashastri. |
| M. ... | ... | *The Mānasāra*, edited and translated by P. K. Acharya, I E.S., M.A., PH.D , D.LITT. |
| Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions, North-Western Provinces, Arch. Surv., new Imp. series (followed by volume, page, etc.). | | *Archæological Survey of India*, new Imperial series, vol. XII, "The Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh," by A. Führer, PH.D. |
| Muhammadan Architecture of Bharoch, etc., Burgess, Arch. Surv., new Imp. series (followed by volume, page, etc). | | *Archæological Survey of India*, new Imperial series, vol. XXIII (Western India, vol. VI), on "The Muhammadan Architecture of Bharoch, Cambay, Dholka, Champanir, and Mahmudabad in Gujrat," by Jas Burgess, C.I.E., LL.D., F.R.S.E. |
| Mysore Arch. Surv. Report, Narasimhachar (followed by year, page, etc), | | Annual Report of the Mysore Archæological department, by R. Narasimhachar. |
| M. W. Dict. ... | ... | A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by Sir Monier Williams, M.A., 1872. |
| Pallava Architecture, Rea, Arch. Surv., new Imp. series (followed by volume, page, etc.). | | *Archæological Survey of India*, new Imperial series, vol. XXIV, "Pallava Architecture," by Alexander Rea, F.S.A. (Scot.), M.R.A S. |
| Pet. Dict. ... | ... | Sanskrit-Worterbuch von Böhtlingk and Rudolf Roth, 1855. |
| Rām Rāz, Ess. Arch. (of) Hind. | | Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus, by Rām Rāz, London, 1834. |
| Sharqi Arch. of Jaunpur, Führer, Arch. Surv., new Imp. series (followed by volume, page, etc.). | | *Archæological Survey of India*, new Imperial series, vol. XI, "The Sharqi Architecture of Jaunpur," by A. Führer, PH.D., with drawings and architectural descriptions by Ed. W. Smith. |
| V. S. I. I. ... | ... | *South Indian Inscriptions*, by Rai Bahadur V. Venkayya. |
| Vedic Index, Macdonell and Keith. | | *Vedic Index of names and subjects*, by Arthur Anthony Macdonell, M.A., PH.D., and Arthur Berriedale Keith, M.A., D.C.L., 1912. |
| Vitruvius (followed by Book and chapter). | | The ten Books of Vitruvius, translated from Latin by Joseph Gwilt, F.S.A., 1880. |