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An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c46: The Order of the Roman Characters and the Method of Transliteration Adopted 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) v7.c46 - **Language:** English ### The Order of the Roman Characters and the Method of Transliteration Adopted ### [v7.c46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c46.1) a, ā ; i, ī ; u, ū ; ṛi, ṛī ; e, ai ; o, au ; k, kh ; g, gh ; ṅ ; ch, chh ; j, jh ; ñ ; ṭ, ṭh ; ḍ, ḍh ; ṇ ; t, th ; d, dh ; n ; p, ph ; b, bh ; m ; y, r, l, v ; ś, sh, s ; h ; ṁ ; ḥ. ### [v7.c46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c46.2) | | PAGES | | FOREWORD .. .. .. .. .. | ix–xviii | | PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (DICTIONARY) .. .. | xix–xxvii | | THE ORDER OF ROMAN CHARACTERS AND THE METHOD OF TRANSLITERATION ADOPTED .. .. .. | xxix | | LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .. .. .. .. | xxxi–xxxiv | | TEXT OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA .. .. .. | 1–613 | | APPENDIX I—A SKETCH OF SANSKRIT TREATISES ON ARCHITECTURE .. .. .. .. .. | 615–59 | | APPENDIX II—A LIST OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTS WITH SHORT NOTES ON THEIR WORKS .. .. .. | 661–77 | | BIBLIOGRAPHY .. .. .. .. .. | 679–84 | | EXTRACTS FROM OPINIONS ON THE DICTIONARY .. .. | 1A–18A | | INDEX TO MODERN ARCHITECTURAL TERMS WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING SANSKRIT EQUIVALENTS .. .. | 1 to 18 | ### [v7.c46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c46.3) This page appears to be entirely blank. ### [v7.c46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c46.4) | \*Serial no.\* | | | | | \*Facing page\* | | 1. | Svastika Mansion (front view) .. | .. | .. | .. | \*Frontispiece\* | | 2. | Aṅghri (Half plans looking up and looking down) | | .. | .. | 12 | | 3. | Aṅghrika-vāri | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | | 4. | Aṇḍa .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | | 5. | Atibhaṅga .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | | 6. | Adhishṭhāna .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | | 7. | Anu-śālā .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | | 8. | Antara .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | | 9. | Anila-bhadraka | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | | 10. | Abja .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | | 11. | Amṛita-nandana | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | | 12. | Alaksha .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | | 13. | Ardha-prāṇa | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | | 14. | Ardha-maṇḍapa | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | | 15. | Aṁśuka | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | | 16. | Āyaka-skambha | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | | 17. | Ardha-hāra .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | | 18. | Alindaka .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 | | 19. | Alpa-nāsika .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 | | 20. | Ābhaṅga .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 | | 21. | Āliṅga .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 | | 22. | Āndola .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 | | 23. | Āsana .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64 | | 24. | Āsana .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64 | | 25. | Indra-kīla .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | | 26. | Indra-kośa .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 67 | | 27. | Ishṭaka .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | | 28. | Upa-pāda .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | | 29. | Upāna .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 67 | | 30. | Ugapīṭha .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 | | 31. | Uttara .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | | 32. | Uttāna-paṭṭa | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | | 33. | Upa-vedi .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | | 34. | Upa-tulā .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71 | | 35. | Upa-pīṭha .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 76 | | 36. | Ushṇīsha .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 90 | | 37. | Kaṭaka .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | | 38. | Kapota .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | | 39. | Kapota-pālikā | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | | 40. | Karoṭī .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | | 41. | Karṇa-patra .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | | 42. | Kalaśa .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | | 43. | Kīrtti-vaktra .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | | 44. | Kampa .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 102 | ### [v7.c46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7.c46.5) | \*Serial no.\* | | | | | | | 45. | Kampa-bandha | .. | .. | .. | 102 | | 46. | Kaḍaṅga .. | .. | .. | .. | 104 | | 47. | Kabandhana .. | .. | .. | .. | 104 | | 48. | Karṇika .. | .. | .. | .. | 104 | | 49. | Karṇa .. | .. | .. | .. | 104 | | 50. | Karṇikā .. | .. | .. | .. | 112 | | 51. | Kalpadruma | .. | .. | .. | 118 | | 52. | Kavāṭa .. | .. | .. | .. | 118 | | 53. | Kuñjarāksha .. | .. | .. | .. | 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