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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.c15.126

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.c15.126

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The list in the *Mānasāra* contains in 12 classes (storeys) 98 types of buildings; the *Agni-Purāṇa* has in 5 classes (or divisions) 45 types, the *Garuḍa-Purāṇa* also has in the same 5 classes (or divisions) the same 45 types; the *Matsya-Purāṇa* has in 3 divisions 20 types, the *Bhavishya-Purāṇa* has left out the broader divisions but contains the 20 types; the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā* in the very same way contains the 20 types; the *Kāmikāgama* has in 3 divisions (of various kinds) 20 types; and the *Suprabhedāgama* has left out all the minor divisions but preserves the most impartant one, namely, the 3 styles (Nāgara, Vesara, Drāviḍa), which comprise 10 types of buildings.

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