[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.c16.201 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c16.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.201) 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. - [Previous: v2.c16.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.200) - [Next: v2.c16.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.202) - [Up: v2.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16) ## Cites (3) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.201) · Pramāṇa