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.s1.86
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.s1.86
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Architecture, like most phases of intellectual activity, finds a place in Sanskrit literature, incidentally in the *Purāṇa*, *Āgamas*, and similar works, and in detail in that extensive technical literature known as the *Śilpa-śāstras*, of which the best known example is the *Mānasāra*. Etymologically the word ‘Mānasāra’ means ‘the essence of measurement,’ but in certain connexions seems to be applied to the author of the work, while in one passage in the treatise it has been used in both senses. There is nothing in the work itself to indicate the date of a compilation with certainty, but Dr. Acharya would place it provisionally between A.D. 500 and 700.
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- Mānasāra — Sanskrit