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.c41.s1.97
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.c41.s1.97
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The list in the *Mānasāra* contains in 12 classes (storeys) 98 types of buildings ; the *Agni-Purāṇa* has in five classes (or divisions) 45 types ; the *Garuḍa-Purāṇa* also has in the same five classes (or divisions) the same 45 types ; the *Matsya-Purāṇa* has in three divisions 20 types ; the *Bhavishya-Purāṇa* has left out the broader divisions but contains the twenty types ; the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā* in the very same way contains the twenty types ; the *Kāmikāgama* has in three divisions (of various kinds) twenty types ; and the *Suprabhedāgama* has left out all the minor divisions, but preserves the most important one, namely, the three styles (Nāgara, Vesara, Drāviḍa), which comprise ten types of buildings.
Linked texts (8)
- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kāmikāgama — Sanskrit
- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Suprabhedāgama — Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit