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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.c7.356

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.c7.356

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ŚUKRA-NĪTI—(ed. Jīvānanda Vidyāsāgara)—deals with architecture, and sculpture (in chapter IV, sections 4, 6) and refers to the following matters :—
1. Deva-mandirādi-nirmāṇa-vyavasthā.
2. Pratimā-nirmāṇa-vyavasthā.
3. Mūrtīnāṁ vāhana-vyavasthā.
4. Gaṇapati-mūrti-vyavasthā.
5. Satī (Śakti)-mūrti-vyavasthā.
6. Bāla-mūrti-vyavasthā.
7. Sapta-tālādi-mūrti-bhāvasya nirmāṇa-vyavasthā.
8. Paiśāchī-mūrti-vyavasthā.
9. Bhagna-pratimā-sthāpana-vyavasthā.
10. Utsava-vyāpāra-vyavasthā. Section 6 :
11. Durga-nirmāṇa (construction of forts etc). There are frequent casual references to both architecture and sculpture in other portions of the treatise also.

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