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.s1.98
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.s1.98
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The various broader divisions, such as Śuddha, Saṁchita, Sthānaka, Jāti, Puṁliṅga, etc., we have seen in the *Mānasāra*, are repeated in the same terms and same sense as in the *Āgamas*. The most important division into the styles—the Nāgara, Vesara, and Drāviḍa—is also preserved intact in the latter works. These are purely architectural divisions, and they are not taken into consideration in the non-architectural treatises like the *Purāṇas* and the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā*. Even the broadest division into storeys, under which the *Mānasāra* describes the buildings in 12 or 13 chapters, has lost its prominence in the latter works.
Linked texts (4)
- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Śvetāmbara Āgama — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- Purāṇa — Sanskrit