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.c14.s60.3

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(1) Maṅgalācharaṇa—auspicious preliminaries (benediction).
(2) Vāstu-purushotpatti-varṇanam—the origin of the presiding deity of the house.
(3) Bhūmi-lakshṇa—soil, *Mānasāra*, II, III.
(4) Gṛiha-praveśa—first entry into the house or house-warming, M. XXXVII.
(5) Khanana-vidhi—digging (ploughing) the soil, M. V.
(6) Svapna-vidhi—dreams.
7) Bhūmi-phalam—fruit of soil, M. IV, V.
(8) Gṛihārambhe samaya-vidhi—auspicious time for beginning a building, M. includes this in many places.
(9) Dhvajādhyāya-phalāni—flags.
(10) Āya-vyayāṁśādināṁ phalāni, M. LII, XXXIX, IX, XXX, LXIV, LV.
(11) Gṛiha-madhye devādīnāṁ sthāpana-nirṇaya—installation of gods in temples, M. in many places.
(12) Dhruvādi-gṛiha-bheda, M. not specified.
(13) Dvāra-mānāni—measurements of doors, M. XXXIX.
(14) Stambha-pramāṇāni—columns, M. XV.
(15) Gṛihāṇāṁ śālā-nirṇaya—halls of houses, M. XXXV.
(16) Gṛihārambha-kāla nirṇaya—almost the same as (8).
(17) Gṛihārambhe lagna-kuṇḍalistha-graha-phalāni, M. not specified.
(18) Śayyā-mandira-bhavana-sumana-sudhārādi-gṛihāṇāṁ lakshaṇāni (see below the comparisons of the Purāṇas and Āgamas), referred to in many places in M.