[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v2.c16.142 # 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.c16.142 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.c16.142 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c16.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.142) I cannot help thinking that if the writers of the \*Śilpa-śāstras\* generally, and the author of the \*Mānasāra\* in particular, were conscious of the nature of their style they would certainly have added to their treatises an apology like that of Vitruvius. - [Previous: v2.c16.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.141) - [Next: v2.c16.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.143) - [Up: v2.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.142) · Pramāṇa