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.s1.31
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.c42.s1.31
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The *Mānasāra*, it seems, was not meant by the author, whoever he was, to be a scholarly and scientific treatise ; it appears to have been meant as a handbook for the guidance of practical builders and architects. This is the only explanation that we can find for the more-than-ordinary ' barbarous Sanskrit ' in which the work has been described as having been written. This is also indicated by the fact that the author's name is nowhere mentioned ; and it is difficult to find out who the author was. Like many encyclopaedic works, it has been attributed by pandits to the great Scholar-King Bhojadeva of Dhara.
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- Mānasāra — Sanskrit