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) v2.c13.24

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All the available external references to *Mānasāra*, however, point to its being used mostly as a personal name. In the *Daśa-kumāra-charita* of Daṇḍin, Mānasāra is mentioned as the king of Malwa. With him was engaged in war the king Rājahaṁsa of Pāṭaliputra who cross-beams.¹ “ The hymns of the Atharva-veda² give some information about the construction of a house, but the details are extremely obscure………… Accord-ing to Zimmer³, four pillars (*upamit*) were set up on a good site, and against them beams were leant at an angle as props (*pratimit*). The upright pillars were connected by cross-beams (*parimit*) resting upon them. The roof was formed of ribs of bamboo cane (*vaṁśa*)⁴,………… The walls were filled up with grass in bundles (*palada*), and the whole structure was held together by ties of various sorts (*nahana*, *prāṇāha*, *saṁdaṁśa*, *parishvañjalya*)⁵. It was composed of several rooms, … ……., and it could be securely shut up.”⁶