[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v2.c13.s2.3 # 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.s2.3 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) v2.c13.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.s2.3) The plan of the city of Ayodhyā is strikingly similar to the town-plan given in the \*Mānasāra\* and other architectural treatises.¹ “The temples (\*devāyatana\*) in this city (Ayodhyā) were as resplendent as the sky. Its assembly-halls, gardens, and alms-houses (\*prapā\*) were most elegant; and everywhere were arranged extensive buildings crowded with men and women........... The houses were as mines of gems, and the abodes of the goddess of fortune. The steeples (\*śikhara\*) of the houses were as resplendent as the crests of mountains and bore hundreds of pavilions (\*vimāna\*) like the celestial palace of the chief among the Devas. The rooms were full of riches and corn, exquisitely gilt and decorated, and seemed as charming as pictures; and they were so arranged that men could pass from one room to another without perceiving any inequality (in the floor).” ² - [Previous: v2.c13.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.s2.2) - [Next: v2.c13.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.s2.4) - [Up: v2.c13.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.s2.3) · Pramāṇa