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) v7.c47.4554

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*Mānasāra* (Chap. LVI, named Buddha, 1–18) : Like all other images, the Buddhist images also are made of wood, stone or iron (line 14). Their pedestals are made of the three kinds of ābhāsa (marble or glass), of earth and of gravel, etc. (lines 15–16). They are also both stationary and movable (line 14). They are made in the erect or sitting posture and placed on the throne (lines 3–4), and are furnished with the *peepul* tree and the wonder-tree (Kalpavṛiksha). They have two arms, two legs, and two eyes (that is, one face) (line 10). They are measured in the large type of the daśa-tāla system (line 17). They are pure white in colour (line 5). Their garment is yellow (line 12), face large (line 5), ears long (line 6), eyes smiling at the corner (line 6), chest gracefully broad, arms long (line 10), belly large and round, and the body fleshy (line 8). They are furnished with shining top-knots (ushṇīshojj-vala-maulika) (line 10).