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.c42.s1.101

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EDITORIAL : Allahabad Viśwa-vidhyālayer Saṁskrita vibhāger adhyaksha adhyāpak doctor Prasanna Kumar Acharyer pāṇḍitya dīrgha-kāl-vyāpī pariśram o adhyavasāyer guṇe prāchīn Bhāratavarsher sthāpatya o mūrti-śilpa sambandhīya Mānasār nāmak prasiddha granther ekṭi utkṛishṭa Saṁskaran prakāśita haiyāchhe. Taj-janya tini prithivīr samuday prāchya-vidyānurāgīr kritajñatā-bhājan. Ihāte Mānasārer mūl saṁskṛita, saṁskṛita pariśishṭa, pratyek śabda kon kon prishṭhāy āchhe tāhār anukramaṇikā, pratyek adhyāyer nānā pāṭha-bhed o ṭīkā, samagra grantha-khānir Iṅgreji anuvād, Iṅgrājite vistārita vishay-sūchī o śabda-sūchī, grantha-kārer rachita saṁskṛita o dīrgha Iṅgreji bhūmikā, evaṁ 157 sumudrita plate anek-śata gṛihādir naksā o mūrtir chitra āchhe. Bahu-saṁkhyak mūrti-chitra bahu-varṇe mudrita. Āj-kāl prāchīn Bhāratīya sthāpatyer prati śikshita-śreṇīr lokder kichhu drishṭi paḍiyāchhe. Kintu sthāpatya o mūrti-śilpa sambandhe prāchīn Bhāratīyader gaveshaṇā, anuśīlan o jñān ki-rūp vistārita o suspashṭa chhila, tāhā kam loke-i jāniten evaṁ sakaler jānibār upāy-o chhila nā. Doctor Ācharyer grantha dekhile tāhā jānā yā-i-be. Grantha-khānir mūlya lekhā nā-i. Sakale kinite pāribenā baṭe, kintu sakal viśwa-vidyālayer library-te, sakal baḍa kalejer, viśeshataḥ engineering college-r library-te, Art school sakaler library-te, baḍa baḍa engineer-der o gṛiha-nirmātā company-der pustak- saṁgrahe ihā rakshita ha-o-yā ekānta āvaśyak. Ihā Bhārata-varsher ye sav viśwavidyālaye engineering vibhāg āchhe tāhār aṅgībhūta engineering college-gulite evaṁ viśwa-vidyālayer sahit samparka-śūnya engineering college o vidyālay-samūhe agrasar chhātrader adhītavya pustak baliyā nirddhārita ha-o-yā kartavya. Āmāder viśvās e-i ye, yadi Sir Asutosh Mukhopādhyāya ekhan jīvita thākiten, tāhā ha-i-le tini niśchay-i e-i pustak-khāni Kalikātā (Calcutta) viśwa-vidyālayer engineering upādhi-prārthi-der avaśya-pāṭhya grantha-samūher anyatama baliyā nirddhāraṇ kariten. Ekhan i-hā antataḥ Kāshir Hindu Viśwa-vidyālayer engineering college-e adhīta ha-o-yā uchit. Granthakhānike viśwa-vidyālayer adhītavya karile paroksha suphal e-i ha-i-be ye, prāchīn Bhāratīya-der sthāpatya o mūrti-śilper jñāner parimāṇ sambandhe satya dhāraṇā janmi-be. Tā-chhāḍā, e-i ubhay śilpe prāchīn-erā yadi kona bhram kariyā thāken, nūtan jñān o gaveshaṇār prabhāve tāhār saṁsodhan ha-i-be. Kāraṇ prāchīn vā ādhunik kona lekhak-der-i kona vishayer jñān sampūrṇa vā chūḍānta na-he.