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.s3.46
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.s3.46
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The *Suprabhedāgama* has devoted only fifteen chapters to architecture and sculpture. Nor has it any thing new to add to the *Āgamas’* contributions to the *Śilpa-śāstras*. But its unique nature consists in the fact that it has quite successfully summarised all important matters in a comparatively small space,¹ and in respect of brevity, explicitness and precision it surpasses even the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā* of Varāhamihira.² This *Āgama* has apparently drawn upon a *Śilpa-śāstra*. Its similarities with the *Mānasāra*, discussed elsewhere in detail,³ may be partly apparent from the following list of its chapters read together with the corresponding portions of the standard *Śilpa-śāstra*:
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- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Suprabhedāgama — Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Śvetāmbara Āgama — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit