[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.c16.246 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c16.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.246) 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\*. - [Previous: v2.c16.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.245) - [Next: v2.c16.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.247) - [Up: v2.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16) ## Cites (3) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Avesta](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae) — Avestan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.246) · Pramāṇa