[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.c16.71 # 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.c16.71 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.c16.71 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.71) The \*Mānasāra\* describes the subject under two heads, \*Grāma-lakshaṇa\* and \*Nagara-vidhāna\*, and three categories, village, town and fort. Villages are divided into eight classes, called \*daṇḍaka\*, \*sarvatobhadra\*, \*nandyāvarta\*, \*padmaka\*, \*svastika\*, \*prastara\*, \*kārmuka\*, and \*chaturmukha\*; each of these, as the names indicate, represents a particular design and lay-out. Towns are also divided into eight classes: \*rājadhānī\*, \*nagara\*, \*pura\*, \*nagarī\*, \*kheṭa\*, \*kharvaṭa\*, \*kubjaka\* and \*pattana\*. These refer more to the situation and distribution of buildings than to their shapes or designs. - [Previous: v2.c16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.70) - [Next: v2.c16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.72) - [Up: v2.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.71) · Pramāṇa