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) v3.c20.s2.13

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) v3.c20.s2.13

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Both of the Trivandrum manuscripts are written on palm-leaves in Malayalam character. One of them contains 63 *ślokas* on 25 folios with 9 lines to a page of 7¼″ by 1¼″ and goes as far as the first 55 verses, with a Malayalam gloss. The other contains 6 folios of 7¼″ by 1¼″ with 9 lines to a page. This second one is the gloss and omits the verses 5, 9, 10, 14, 24, 28, 38, 40, 45, 48, 52 and 55. They deal with *Śaṅku-sthāpana* and the illustration of the *Āyādi-shaḍ-varga*; but comparison and collation are not possible. Apparently they are not copies of the *Mānasāra* and seem to belong to a different work. They are retained in Appendix ग.