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.c16.215

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If the *Mānasāra* had an opportunity of consulting Varāhamihira or the *Matsya-purāṇa*, the reading like *Vivṛita* for *Vṛitta*, or *Meru-kānta* for *Meru* could not have remained unamended in it. Besides, if the *Mānasāra* had been composed after the works like the *Matsya-purāṇa* and the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, why should it not have added these two to its long list of authorities? It would be no argument to say that the author of the *Mānasāra* might not have consulted these authorities or might have been quite ignorant of their existence. For, though not primarily works on architecture, the *Matsya-purāṇa* and the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā* have been well known to subsequent literature, and we shall presently show that the author of the *Mānasāra* had an extensive knowledge of things from a wide study and observation.