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.s3.20
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.s3.20
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The *Mānasāra* refers to five mouldings; the *Suprabhedāgama* describes seven; and the *Matsya-Purāṇa*, the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, and *Kiraṇa-tantra* each makes mention of eight mouldings. But if the very large number of mouldings,⁴ described in the *Mānasāra* in connexion with the pedestal, the base, and the entablature, be also taken into account, the *Mānasāra* will certainly exceed all other treatises under notice. Thus in the *Mānasāra* we can detect the following mouldings⁵: (1) *abja*, *ambuja*, *padma* or *saroruha* (cyma); (2) *antara*,
Linked texts (5)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Suprabhedāgama — Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Kiraṇatantra — Sanskrit