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) v4.c29.s4.15
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) v4.c29.s4.15
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In a few cases of technical expressions which are now obsolete and the exact significance of which is often doubtful or conjectural I could not find suitable terms and phraseology of the science to translate them. The literal meanings of the words would convey no sense at all. If we have to coin words for these, it would be necessary to have the assistance of the artist on the one hand, of the philologist on the other, and a reference to existing buildings. For the present I have thought it better to quote the original expressions either untranslated altogether, or with literal meanings of them in bracket.