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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.c27.s3
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Chapter III
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1. I. यस्मिन् for second यस्मिन् ।
2. J. प्रोक्तादय ।
3. I. J. यान्यं for यानं ।
4. (1) I. J. घरात् for धरा; the error seems to be due to a slip of pen of the copyists. (2) J. ज्ञातोनि, A. जादोनि. I. ज्ञातिहि, the emendation suggested by the other Mss. seems doubtless.
5. J. वस्तुनि for वास्तूनि ।
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By some extraordinary and most annoying confusion, which will be seen repeated several times in the text, I. J. read, between lines 6 and 7, first, the lines 15-17 and then lines 30—31. The adjustment is unavoidably necessary, and fortunately it is warranted by the undoubted link of sense, and its correctness is guaranteed by the other Mss.
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7. A. प्रभां for प्रपां ।
9. (1) I. यांधकरस्य कथं शिल्प शिविका चारितं तथा । J. यथिकस्यन्दनं शिल्पी शिबिकाचारथं तथा ।
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Neither of these readings bears any sense. The emendation is suggested by the other Mss. and is supported by the contents of the 43rd chapter, which deals with the conveyance.
(2) शिल्प is apparently for शिल्पिन् (vocative).
10. J. सर्वे; सर्वं would certainly give a better meaning.
11. (1) I. च ममबलो for मञ्जलो ।
(2) A. साल, B. फाल for फलक ।
13. (1) A. त्वयिकारंड राशिभिः ।
(2) घरादिभिः is apparently an adjective to चतुर्विधम् and should be in the nominative singular; as it is, it bears no sense.
14. (1) B. बादित् सा ज्ञायते ।
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From the contents of the first line the expression would appear as बादित्यस्य for बादित्यानां । (2) I. J. read महि (without a case-ending).
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15. Grammatically it is necessary to read either गन्ध in the accusative plural or स्पृश् in the instrumental plural, the former being certainly better. रस would be more grammatical than रसा।
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16. (1) As the line stands, परीक्ष्य, without any connection with a nominative, is grammatically a bad form.
(2) I. सुभूनो ।
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17. B. भूमिः रसैः; the second यसैr is apparently for पमिः or पामिः।
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19. I. J. ततुम्बर; J. प्रसव ।
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21. (1) I. J. विस्तारः। (2) I. J. षष्टा; if the reading विस्तारः be preserved, we must read समाधिक्यः, but this construction does not bear a satisfactory meaning. We would read विस्तारादष्टसमाधिक्यं दैर्ध्यं; compare line 24 below. J. leaves out the lines 19-21, and B. 19-22.
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22. I J. चादिक; the emendation is suggested by the other Mss. compare line 20 above.
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23. महि is not intended to be read in the neuter because the adjective सम्पदप्रदा is read in the feminine; but the other adjectives are read in the neuter.
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24. (1) I. मादिकायामतिवेत्। (2) A. युक्त। It should be noticed that the rules of grammar are outrageously violated in this line.
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25. B. ब्रलवध्यरसा।
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26. (1) I. पर्से। (2) A. महि for मही. The neuter adjectives qualifying feminine noun in lines 25, 26 as in 21—24, if not in 18—20 and 27-29, should be noticed.
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27. J. मायतमाधिकम् ।
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28. I. रविम् for रसम् ।
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29. I. दस्तु for वस्तु ।
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30. This line seems to be out of place here.
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34. (1) I. J. विजां for विशां; the mistake seems due to the carelessness of the copyists.
(2) I. शूद्रैः for शूद्राणां seems to have been prompted by the desire of preserving the metre.
(3) B. प्रागुक्तञ्चशोभयेत्