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.c7.339

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.c7.339

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ŚILPA-ŚĀSTRA—(Egg. Mss. 3148, 3012), ascribed to both Kāśyapa and Āgastya—contains 276 foll. of which 1-72 marked at the top ‘Śilpa Śāstra’; 73-150, 251-276, ‘Śilpa-Śāstram Kāśyapeyam’, and 151-250 ‘Śilpa-Śāstram Āgastyam’. This is apparently a combination of two separate works, of Kāśyapa and Āgastya. One copy was transcribed (for C. P. Brown) from a Telugu Ms. at Musalipatam in 1832. It consists of extracts from various works on idols, shrines, etc., as stated in the following chapters:
1. Aṁsumāna bhede kāśyape parivāra-lakshaṇa-paṭala.
2. Umāskanda-sahita-lakshaṇa-paṭala.
3. Chandra-śekhara-mūrti-paṭala.
4. Dakshiṇā-mūrti-lakshaṇa.
5. Kāla-mūrti.
6. Liṅgodbhava-lakshaṇa.
7. Nṛitta-mūrti.
8. Gaṅgādhara-mūrti.
9. Tri-purāntaka-mūrti.
10. Kalyāṇa mūrti.
11. Ardha-nārīśvara-mūrti.
12. Gaja-bhāra-mūrti.
13. Pāśupata-mūrti.