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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) v6.c40.s33: The Silparatna of Śrīkumāra

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) v6.c40.s33

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The Silparatna of Śrīkumāra

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This text comprises two parts, one of which is available and has been printed. It contains the following forty-six chapters, most of which are a literal abridgment of the *Mānasāra* in the same words, but without any recognition of its indebtedness. Only the last chapter appears to have been compiled from elsewhere :

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(1) *Anukramaṇī*—table of contents, *Mānasāra*, Chapter I.

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(2) *Mānasādhana*—system of measurement, *M.*, II.

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(3) *Bhūmi-lakshaṇa*—examination of soil and selection of sites, *M.*, III, IV, V.

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(4) *Śūdrapara-griha-prakāra* (a wrong title for *sankusthāpana*), its contents are identical with Chapter VI of *Mānasāra* dealing with the gnomon.

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(5) (8), (9) *Grāmādi-lakshaṇa*—villages and towns, *M.*, IX, X.

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(6) *Pada-vinyāsa*—site plans, *M.*, VII.

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(7) *Vāstu-pūiā*,—rites and ceremonies, *M.*, VIII.

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(10) *Khāta-vidhi*, continuation of (3).

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(11) *Dik-parichchheda*, continuation of (6).

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(12) *Garbha-nyāsa*—foundation, *M.*, XII.

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(13) *Vāstu-marma-vidhāna*, continuation of (7).

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(14) *Dravya-vidhi*—on materials, compilations from various chapters of the *Mānasāra*.

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(15) *Āyādi-lakshaṇa*—compilations from various chapters of the *Mānasāra*.

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(16) *Prāsāda-lakshaṇa*—on palaces, *M.*, XL.

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(17) *Pādādhishṭhāna-vidhāna*—on pillars, *M.*, XIV, XV.

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(18) *Upapīṭhāvayava*—pedestals, *M.*, XIII.

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(19) *Adhishṭhāna*---bases continuation of (17), *M.*, XIV.

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(20) *Nāla*—channels, a compilation from *Mānasāra*.

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(21) *Bhitti*—walls, a compilation from *Mānasāra*.

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(22) *Dvāra*—doors, *M.*, XXXVIII, XXXIX.

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(23) *Toraṇa*—arches, *M.*, XLVI.

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(24) *Jālaka*—screened windows, compilation from *M*.

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(25) *Kūṭa-koshṭhādi*—top rooms, compilation from *M*.

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(26) *Pañjarāṇi*—cages, etc., compilation from *M*.

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(27) *Vṛitta-sphatika*—an ornament from *M*.

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(28) *Kumbha-latā*—an ornament from *M*.

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(29) *Uttara*—an ornament from *M*.

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(30) *Prastara*—entablature, *M.*, XVI.
(31) *Gala*—neck, a compilation from *M.*
(32) *Śikhara*—spherical roof, a compilation from *M.*
(33) *Lupā*—sloping roof, a compilation from *M.*
(34) *Mūrdheshṭakā*—topmost ornament, a compilation from *M.*
(35) *Nāsikā*—vestibule, a compilation from *M.*
(36) *Stūpikā*—dome, a compilation from *M.*
(37) *Śāntikādi-niyama*—proportions of height, a compilation from *M.*, XXXIX.
(38) *Prāsāda-lakshaṇa*—palaces, a compilation from *M.*, LX.
(39) *Maṇḍapa*—pavilions, *M.*, XXXIV.
(40) *Prākāra*—courts, *M.*, XXXI.
(41) *Gopura*—gatehouses, *M.*, XXXIII.
(42) *Parivāra-vidhāna*—attendant deities, *M.*, XXXII.
(43) *Balipīṭha*—continuation of (42).
(44) *Dhvaja*—flags, a compilation from *M.*
(45) *Sandhi-karman*—joinery, *M.*, XVII.
(46) *Chitra-lakshaṇa*—paintings, a compilation.

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Like many other such texts, the *Śilparatna* shows a confused borrowing. The original sources have been distorted. The arrangement of chapters lacks in any method or reason. Śrīkumāra appears to have stolen unscrupulously, and, in order to conceal his indebtedness, has vainly endeavoured to displace the original order of the chapters, and to place the contents of one chapter under several headings.

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