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¹ In Rājā Dr. Rājendralāla Mittra's *Notices of Sanskrit MSS.* (Vol. II, no. 73, p. 142). Of the other version, *Viśvakarmīya Śilpa-śāstra*, the Madras MS. noted above, which was copied by Niṭla Sūrappa on Saturday, the 5th day of the bright fortnight of the Aśvija month in the year Jaya, contains a statement referring to Viśvakarma's debt to Brahmā, Indra, Maya, Bhārgava, Aṅgirasa, Dhruva, Gautama, Gārgeya, Manu, Vyāsa, and Bhṛigu. Agastya is also referred to. It is stated to have been founded on the revelation of Viśvakarman and traced back successively to Bṛihad-ratha, Parāśara, and Śambhu. In the *Mānasāra* the origin of the science is attributed to Śiva, Brahmā, and Vishṇu, and through Indra, Bṛihaspati, Nārada and others it was revealed to Mānasāra; Viśvakarman, Maya, Tvashtar, and Manu represent the heavenly architects, and Sthapati, Sūtragrāhin, Vardhaki and Takshaka form the guild of modern architects, but there are thirty-two other architectural authorities mentioned in the *Mānasāra*.