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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.s33.30

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.s33.30

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v6.c40.s33.30

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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