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.s61.1

v2.c14.s61.1

Agastya is a name frequently cited, we have seen above, as an authority on architecture. Unfortunately the manuscripts discovered are incomplete and devoted solely to sculpture. One of the manuscripts bearing the title *Agastya-Sakalādhikāra* contains the following chapters:
(1) Māna-saṁgraha—system of measurement, *Mānasāra* II, LV.
(2) Uttama-daśa-tāla—large type of the ten-tāla measure, M. LXV.
(3) Madhyama-daśa-tāla—intermediate type of the ten-tāla measure, M. LVI.
(4) Adhama-daśa-tāla—small type of the ten-tāla measure, M. XLI.
(5) Pratimā-lakshaṇa—general rules on images, M. LXIV.
(6) Vṛishabha-vāhana-lakshaṇa—bull, the riding animal of Śiva, M. LXII.
(7) Naṭeśvara-vidhi—image of Naṭeśvara (dancing Śiva), M. LI.
(8) Shoḍaśa-pratimā-lakshaṇa—sixteen images, M. LXIV.
(9) Dāru-saṁgraha—collection of wood, cf. M. XV.
(10) Mṛit-saṁskāra—preparing earth for images.
(11) Varṇa-saṁskāra—preparation of colours.