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.s3.89
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.s3.89
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Traces of an advanced state of architecture are found also in works like grammars and lexicons. Yāska in his *Nirukta* mentions several words which can be used for masonry houses only.² In the later lexicons like the *Amarakosha* lists of several architectural terms are met with.³ Derivations of words like *bhāskara*, sculptor; *ishṭaka*, brick; *stambha*, pillar; *aṭṭālikā*, edifices are found in Pāṇini's grammar. They no doubt imply the existence of brick and stone buildings in those times.⁴
Linked texts (3)
- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit
- Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod) — Classical Tibetan