[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.c16.217 # 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.c16.217 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.c16.217 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c16.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.217) There are only a few treatises wherein the term \*Mānasāra\* is mentioned. The \*Agni-purāṇa\*, as already pointed out,¹ has some passages of uncertain meanings, wherein the term occurs. For instance, it is stated, that above the \*Suka-nāsa\* (literally, parrot’s nose) or gargoyles, that is the water-spout in a building, there should be a \*vedi\* or platform furnished with a neck. And this should be as prescribed in the \*Mānasāra\* (\*mānasāraka\*), or, the object of it is to make a passage for refuse (\*malasāraka\*).² This latter interpretation seems untenable; for the adjective is used in the neuter singular, and ordinarily would not qualify a feminine singular noun. If the first rendering be acceptable, the expression would form a separate clause, \*iti mānasārakam\*, meaning, this is in accordance with the rules of the \*Mānasāra\*. - [Previous: v2.c16.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.216) - [Next: v2.c16.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.218) - [Up: v2.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16) ## Cites (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.217) · Pramāṇa