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.s2.8
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.s2.8
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Of the *Āgamas*⁶, the *Suprabhedāgama* contains the essential details. The names of the five orders according to this Āgama ⁷ are Śrī-kara, Chandra-kānta, Saumukhya, Priya-darśana, and Śubhaṅkarī; the last one is stated to be the Indian composite order, being compound of Saumukhya and Priya-darśana, just as the Græco-Roman composite order is a compound of Corinthian and Ionic.
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- Suprabhedāgama — Sanskrit