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.c16.246
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.c16.246
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In an architectural compilation, *Śilpa-saṁgraha*, of apparently a very late date, we have shewn already¹, that the *Mānasāra* is quoted in its true form. About the worth of considering this reference I am rather doubtful. Not that I am unwilling to bring down the *Mānasāra*, but because there are several facts, which cannot fit in to a very late date, like 1830 A. D. when a manuscript² of the *Mānasāra* was copied. The compilation could have easily consulted the *Mānasāra* even if the latter were placed side by side with Vitruvius, or before Maya-Asura of the *Mahābhārata* or Ahura-Mazda of the *Zend-Avesta*.
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- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Avesta — Avestan