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# 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.c16.65

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.c16.65

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### [v2.c16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.65)

The corresponding chapter (II) of Vitruvius is called, “Of those things on which architecture depends.” It deals with the fitness (ordinatio) and arrangement (dispositio), also proportion, uniformity, consistency and economy, and is divisible into three heads, ichnography, orthography and scenography, which considered together constitute design.

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