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.s1.32
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.s1.32
- Language
- English
v6.c42.s1.32
This leads us on to the second of the three volumes under notice—which forms Volume IV of the series. Here, in the Preface, we are told in regard to the authorship of the original that, ‘ up till now, no tangible argument or proof has been found as to the possibility of the treatise being the compilation of a number of authors, instead of a single individual. ’ There is thus a lot of uncertainty on this point, and the only reasonable view to take at present appears to be the one hinted at in this sentence. It is a practical handbook, added to from time to time as experience dictated. This also will account for the diversity of language and style.