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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.c47.5146

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.c47.5146

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(2) Ataḥ-paraṁ pravakshyāmi mānonmānaṁ viśeshataḥ।
‘After this I shall speak about the Māna and Unmāna measurements in particular.’
This is followed by an account of various measures. (Note the different tāla measurements employed in statues.)
(*Matsya-Purāṇa*, Chap. CCLVIII, v. 16.)
(3) Mānaṁ tad-vistāraṁ proktam unmānaṁ nāham eva cha।
(*Suprabhedāgama*, XXXIV, 35.)
(4) Parimāṇonmāna-mānaṁ dhāryaṁ rāja-vimudritam।
Guṇa-sādhana-saṁdakshā bhavantu nikhilā janāḥ॥
Prof. Benoy Kumar Sarkar's translation of ‘Parimāṇa’ by ‘standard of measurement for lands,’ ‘Unmāna’ by ‘unit of measurement for liquids,’ and ‘Māna’ by ‘unit of measurement for grains’ is untenable.
(*Śukranītisāra*, ed. Oppert, I, 310.)

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