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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.s34: The Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra of King Bhojadeva

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.s34

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The Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra of King Bhojadeva

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This is also a huge compilation completed in eighty-three chapters, edited by Gaṇapati Śāstri, and printed in two parts from Baroda.

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(1) *Mahāsamāgama*—deals with the arrival of the heavenly architect, Viśvakarman, to build villages, towns, and buildings, etc., *Mānasāra*, I.

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(2) *Viśvakarmaṇaḥ putra-saṁvāda*—refers to the children of the heavenly architect, *M.*, II.

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(3) *Praśna*—questions regarding houses, etc., cf. *M.*, III.

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(4) *Mahadādi-sarga*—deals with the creation of things and the world.

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(5) *Bhūparimiti*—deals with the division of the world into different countries and islands.

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(6) *Sahadevādhikāra*—deals with the first human attempt to build houses with forest trees.

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(7) *Varṇāśrama-vibhāga*—classification of human beings into castes and orders with a view to place them in various kinds of villages and towns.

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(8) *Bhūparīkshā*—examination of soil, *M.*, Chapters IV, V.

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(9) *Hasta-lakshaṇa*—scheme of measurement, *M.*, II.

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(10) *Pura-niveśa*—moats, enclosures, etc., of villages and towns, *M.*, IX, X.

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(11) *Vāstu-traya-vibhāga*—site-plans, *M.*, VII

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(12) *Nāḍyādi-śirādi-vikalpa*—continuation of the site plans, *M.*, VII.

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(13) *Marma-bheda*—continuation of site plans, *M.*, VII.

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(14) *Purushāṅga-devatā-nighaṇṭvādi-nirṇaya*—spirit of the site, *M.*, III.

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(15) *Rāja-niveśa*—forts and fortified towns for kings, *M.*, X.

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(16) *Vana-praveśa*—to go to forests for wood and timber, *M.*, XV

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(17) *Indra-dhvaja-nirūpaṇa*—instruments for cutting wood, etc., continuation of (16), *M.*, XV.

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(18) *Nagarādi-saṁjñā*—towns, *M.*, X.

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(19) *Chatuś-śālā-vidhāna*--houses with courtyard and buildings on four sides, compilation from several chapters of *Mānasāra* and other works.

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(20) *Nimnochchādi-phala*—levels of the building site, *M.*, VII.

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(21) (*Dvā-saptati*)-*triśāla-lakshaṇa*—certain-plan with buildings on three sides of the courtyard, *M.*, XXXV.

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(22) *Dvi-śāla-gṛiha-lakshaṇa*—other plans with buildings on two sides of the courtyard, *M.*, XXXV.

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(23) *Eka-śāla-lakshaṇa*—single-rowed houses, *M.*, XXXV.

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(24) *Dvāra-pīṭha-bhitti-mānādi*—door, pedestal, wall, etc., *M.*, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XIII, etc.

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(25) *Samasta-gṛihāṇāṁ saṁkhyā-kathana*—Mansions of various kinds, *M.*, XXXV.

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(26) *Āyādi-nirṇaya*—formulæ for verification of correct dimensions, compilation from various places in *M.*

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(27) *Sabhāshṭaka*—eight kinds of halls, compilation from various places in *M.*

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(28) *Gṛiha-dravya-pramāṇa*—mostly on doors, *M.*, XXXVIII, XXXIX.

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(29) *Śayanāsana-lakshaṇa*—bedsteads and seats, etc., *M.*, XLIV, XLV.

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(30) *Rāja-gṛiha*—royal palaces, *M.*, XL.

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(31) *Yantra-vidhāna*—*lit.* architectural instruments (cf. engineering chapters of *Vitruvius*), compilation from various sources.

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(32) *Gaja-śālā*—elephant stables, compilation from various places in *M.*

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(33) *Aśva-śālā*—horse stables, compilation from various places in *M.*

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(34) *Aprayojya-prayojya*—sculptures and paintings on palaces, continuation of (30), *M.*, XL.

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(35) *Śilā-nyāsa-vidhi*—on foundation, *M.*, XII.

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(36) *Bali-dāna-vidhi*—religious offerings, *M.*, VIII.

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(37) *Kīlaka-sūtra-pāta*—nails, etc., compilation from various places in *M.*

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(38) *Vāstu-saṁsthāna-mātṛikā*—distribution of houses in the plot, *M.*, XXXVI, XXXVII.

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(39) *Dvāra-guṇa-dosha*—on doors, *M.*, XXXVIII, XXXIX.

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(40) *Pīṭha-māna*—plinth, cf. *M.*, XIII.

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(41) *Chaya-vidhi*—on plinth, continuation of (40), *M.*, XIII.

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(42) *Śānti-karma-vidhi*—offerings, etc., *M.*, VIII.

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(43) *Dvāra-bhaṅga-phala*—on orientation *M.*, VII.

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(44) *Sthapati-lakshaṇa*—qualifications, etc., of the architects, *M.*, II.

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(45) *Ashṭāṅga-lakshaṇa*—on site-plans, distribution of buildings, road-measures, etc., a confused compilation of several chapters in *M.*

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(46) *Toraṇa-bhaṅgādi-śāntika*—on ritualistic matters, continuation of (42).

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(47) *Vedi-lakshaṇa*—on platforms, pedestals, etc., in many places in *M.*

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(48) *Gṛiha-dosha-nirūpaṇa*—on defective construction, cf. *M.*, LXIX.

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(49) *Ruchakādi-prāsāda-lakshaṇa*—on palaces and *vimānas*, cf. *M.*, XVIII, XL.

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(50) *Prāsāda-śubhāśubha-lakshaṇa*—continuation of (49).

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(51) *Āyatana-niveśa*—dimensions of palaces, etc., continuation of (49).

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(52) *Prāsāda-jāti*—classification of palaces, continuation of (49).

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(53) *Jaghanya-vāstu-dvāra*—on doors, *M.*, XXXVIII, XXXIX.

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(54) *Prāsāda-dvāra-māna*—on palace doors, continuation of (49).

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(55) *Mervādi-shoḍaśa-prāsāda*—on palaces, continuation of (49).

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(56) *Ruchakādi-chatuḥ-shashṭi-prāsāda*—on palaces, continuation of (49).

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(57) *Mervādi-viṁśikā*—on palaces, continuation of (49) and (55).

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(58) *Prāsāda-stavana*—on distribution of palaces to kings and gods, continuation of (49).

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(59) *Vimānādi-chatuḥ-shashṭi-prāsāda*—on palaces, continuation of (49).

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(60) *Śrī-kūṭādi-shaṭ-triṁśat-prāsāda*—on palaces, continuation of (49).

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(61) *Pīṭha-pañchaka*—five varieties of plinth and pedestal, *M.*, XIII, LIII.

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(62) *Drāviḍa-prāsāda-lakshaṇa*—Dravidian palaces of two to ten storeys, cf. *M.*, XX—XXVIII.

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(63) *Mervādi-viṁśika-nāgara-prāsāda*—*Nāgara* palaces, *M.*, XIX–XXX.

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(64) *Dig-bhadrādi-prāsāda*—on palaces, continuation of (49).

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(65) *Bhūmija-prāsāda*—on local palaces, continuation of (49).

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(66) *Maṇḍapa-lakshaṇa*—on pavilions, *M.*, XXXIV.

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(67) *Sapta-viṁśati-maṇḍapa*—on pavilions, *M.*, XXXIV, continuation of (66).

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(68) *Jagatyanga-samudayādhikāra*—on platform in palaces, continuation of (49).

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(69) *Jagati-lakshaṇa*—continuation of (68).

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(70) *Liṅga-pīṭha-pratimā-lakshaṇa*—on pedestal of the phallus and on altars and images, *M.*, LIII, LXIV.

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(71) *Chitroddeśa*—on paintings, from several places in *M.*

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(72) *Bhūmi-bandha*—on paintings, continuation of (71).

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(73) *Lepya-karmādika*—on paintings and whitewashing, continuation of (71).
(74) *Aṇḍaka-pramāṇa*—on paintings, continuation of (71).
(75) *Mānotpatti*—on proportionate measures of images, same as *Tāla-māna* of *Mānasāra*, LXV, LXVI, LIV-LXIII.
(76) *Pratimā-lakshaṇa*—on images, *M.*, LXIV.
(77) *Devādi-rūpa-praharaṇa-saṁyoga*—on images, *M.*, LI, LIV, etc.
(78) *Dosha-guṇa-nirūpaṇa*—defects and merits in images, *M.*, LXIX.
(79) *Ṛijvāgatādi-sthāna-lakshaṇa*—on postures and attitudes of images, in many places in *M*.
(80) *Vaishṇavādi-sthānaka-lakshaṇa*—on erect and other postures, continuation of (79).
(81) *Pañcha-purusha-strī-lakshaṇa*—on images of birds, *M.*, LX, etc.
(82) *Rasa-dṛishṭi-lakshaṇa*—on expressions of images, continuation of (79).
(83) *Patākādi-chatuḥ-shashṭi-hasta-lakshaṇa*—on patterns and designs of paintings, in several places in *M*.

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This outline of the contents of a modernized text will clearly show its compilation in a confused manner. There is no logical sequence or order in the arrangement of the chapters. The contents of the same chapter have been unnecessarily described in several chapters. The patron being a king, and the primary object being the royal palaces, some twenty-one chapters (XLIX-LXX) have been devoted to the same subject. Because the compilation was largely, if not wholly, based on the *Mānasāra*, however, some thirteen chapters at the end have been devoted to the subjects of sculpture and painting, as has been done in the *Mānasāra*, although the treatment is less methodical. The preliminary chapters dealing with the origin of the world and arrival of the heavenly architect are the only original, but entirely non-architectural, matters.

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