[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v4.c30.s13.421 # 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.c30.s13.421 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.c30.s13.421 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c30.s13.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v4.c30.s13.421) 20-22. In the bright or dark fortnight of all months, on an auspicious moment of auspicious \*lagna\* (meeting), \*nakshatra\* (planets), and \*yoga\* (conjunction), both the chief architect (\*sthapati\*) and the chief assistant (\*sthāpaka\*) should make the pit (for casting the image) with the usual incantations (\*mantra\*). - [Previous: v4.c30.s13.420](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v4.c30.s13.420) - [Next: v4.c30.s13.422](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v4.c30.s13.422) - [Up: v4.c30.s13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v4.c30.s13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v4.c30.s13.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v4.c30.s13.421) · Pramāṇa