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.c31.317

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Brahmā, creator, 1; 168, 522; quarter-lord, description of, 44–47; quarter of, 33; image, features of 44–47, seated on a lotus-throne, golden complexion, of four hands, four faces, eight eyes, 44, eight ears, necks, 45, white clothes, twisted hair, diadem, sacred thread, outer garment, ear-rings, water-pot and rosary attributes 45, attitude of imparting protection and giving boon, marks on cheeks, 46, features of creator, 47, 118, 450, 605, 617; features of the image of, 516, of four arms, four faces, two legs, eight eyes, eight ears, and symmetrical form, 518, measured in large ten *tāla*, 518, in erect or sitting posture, 518, hands in boon-giving and refuge-offering poses, 518, attributes and ornaments of, 518-519, Śakti (consorts) of, 519, gold colour of, 519; central plots for, 36, 38, 52, 62 79, 296, 297, 399, 401, 427, 430, 530, 531; chiselling of the eyes of, 647; line in the central plot, 531; consorts of, 549: first central block of a village, 72; crowns for, 484; height of the crowns of, 485; deity of seal, 510; lotus-born, enunciating the science of architecture, 1; god, recipient of first offerings in connection with building operation, 60; details of offerings, 60; offerings to, 59, 60; bottom portion of a phallus, 528, 529, bottom portion, quadrangular, 529, 544, 545; ornaments for daily and occasional use of, 514; representation on the door of, 235, in two-storeyed Nāgara buildings, of, 241; representation, in the six-storeyed buildings, of, 260; representation, in tweleve-storeyed buildings, of, 281; rider of goose, 581, comparative measures of, 581, 585; riding animal of, 3; situation of, 62; temple of, 69, 85; foundation of, 117; (grandfather) temple situation in Vishṇu temple premises of, 303; worship of, in connection with foundation, 112, 405, 406, 643; pot for worship of, 406.