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.s2.20
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.s2.20
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'I,' which is the *Codex Archetypus* of the present edition is the most perfect manuscript available of the *Mānasāra*. It is likely that 'I' was copied from 'J' when the latter was in its complete form. This would account for the displacement of some lines in the same chapter, as well as in different chapters, through copyist's blunders or want of revision. The lacuna of 'I' may thus be ascribed to negligence in reading the extremely injured parts of 'J,' since we have such obvious common mistakes as *varṇayet* for *van-nayat*, etc. They may be taken to form one group.