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.s3.7

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But, unlike the *Purāṇas*, there is in the *Kāmikāgama* a discussion of architectural matters under some very highly technical classifications, such as the styles, Nāgara, Drāviḍa and Vesara; shapes, masculine, feminine, and neuter; Śuddha, Miśra, and Saṁkīrṇa, depending respectively on a single material, mixture of two materials, and the amalgamation of many materials; Saṁchita, Asaṁchita and Apasaṁchita otherwise known as Sthānaka, Āsana, and Śayana, which, in case of temples, depend on the erect, sitting, and reclining postures of the image¹. Another very technical matter referred to is *āyādi* formulas so very important in selecting the right proportions.² For the close similarity of this *Āgama* with the *Śilpa-śāstras* it is, however, necessary to glance over the following *paṭalas* or chapters together with the corresponding chapters of the standard Śilpa-śāstra, the *Mānasāra*, which is referred to in more detail elsewhere in this volume³ :
11. Bhū-parīkshā-vidhi—examination of soil (*Mānasāra*, chapter IV, bearing the same title).
12. Praveśa-bali-vidhi—offerings (M. VIII).
13. Bhū-parigraha-vidhi—selection of site (M. V).
14. Bhū-karshaṇa-vidhi—ploughing the site (M. V).
15. Śaṅku-sthāpana-vidhi—gnomons (M. VI).
16. Mānopakaraṇa-vidhi—system of measurement (M. II).
17. Pada-vinyāsa—ground-plan (M. VII).
18. Sūtra-nirmāṇa—making ropes (M. II)
19. Vāstu-deva-bali—offerings to the guardian angel of the house (M. VIII) cf. 12.
20. Grāmādi-lakshaṇa—laying out villages and towns (M. IX, X)
21. Vistārāyāma-lakshaṇa—dimensions (M XI).
22. Āyādi-lakshaṇa—a special kind of architectural and sculptural measurement used in selecting the right proportion (M. LXIV).
24. Daṇḍikā-vidhi—dealing with doors and gateways (M. XXXVIII XXXIX, XXXIII).
25. Vīthī-dvārādi-māna—roads and doors (M. IX, X, XXXIX).
26. Grāmādi-devatā-sthāpana—temples in villages and towns (M. IX, X).
28. Grāmādi-vinyāsa—more details on villages and towns (M. IX, X), cf. 20.
29. Brahma-deva-padādi—more details on ground-plan (M VII), cf. 17.
30. Grāmādi-aṅga-sthāna-nirmāṇa—more details on villages and towns (M. IX, X), cf. 20, 26, 28.