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.c16.201
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.c16.201
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Like Manu, Maya is also a generic name. He is also known by some other personal names.¹ So the Maya of the *Mānasāra*, of the *Matsya-purāṇa* and of the *Brihat-saṁhitā* may not be one and the same person. It is just possible that there might have been a Maya, who borrowed from or based his treatise in any case upon the *Mānasāra*.² In fact it is perfectly clear from the list of authorities quoted from the *Mānasāra* that there must have been at least one more Mānasāra, from whom or from which our *Mānasāra* has borrowed. It has also been pointed out³ that the term *Mānasāra* has been used to imply both a person and a treatise. The uncertain identities and the confusing chronology are indeed stumbling-blocks in the field of Sanskrit researches.
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- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit