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.s1.88

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The three volumes now issued are the third, fourth, and fifth of an *Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture*, the author having in 1927 published, as the first volume, *A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture* treating of Sanskrit architectural terms, and, as the second, *Indian Architecture according to the Mānasāra Śilpa-śāstra*. In the third volume Dr. Acharya now makes available for the first time the complete Sanskrit text of the *Mānasāra*, based on eleven badly-preserved manuscripts written in five different scripts and has added three appendices, a Sanskrit index, and over 300 pages of critical notes in English. That the elucidation of the text calls for such extensive annotation witnesses to the difficulties presented by the defective manuscripts and the industry and scholarship of the author. In his preface to the English translation Dr. Acharya has indicated the method followed in its preparation and the limits imposed by the imperfect texts. Within those limits he has produced a clear and readable translation, and it is but rarely that we are left with such cryptic passages as 'He (Garuda) is known to have the posture of bent mixedness in the walking pose and collectiveness in the sitting pose.'