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.s5.54
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.s5.54
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The popularity of its worship throughout the country is indicated by the fact that there are more than thirty million such emblems, including *Viśvanātha* at Benares, *Somanātha* in Gujarat, *Mahākāla* at Ujjayinī, and the famous ones at Tanjore, Trichinopoly, Rāmeśvaram, etc. Architecturally they are classified under several types, such as *Śaiva*, *Pāśupata*, *Kālamukha*, *Mahāvrata*, *Vāma*, *Bhairava*, *Samakarṇa*, *Vardhamāna*, *Śivāṅka*, *Svastika*; *Jāti*, *Chhanda*, *Vikalpa*, *Ābhāsa*; *Nāgara*, *Vesara*, *Drāviḍa*; the four self-revealed ones, namely, *Daivika*, *Mānuṣha*, *Gāṇava* and *Ārṣha*; those for personal and public worship; those made singly and in a group; and those named as *Vajra* (diamond), *Suvarṇa* (golden), etc., according to the material of which they are made. All these are described at great length. Various alternative measures are prescribed for each of them; in some cases as many as thirty-six alternative heights are suggested.