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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.c47.5214

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.c47.5214

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v7.c47.5214

MUNI—An ascetic. An account of the images of the seven patriarchs is given in detail in the *Mānasāra*. Agastya is measured according to the seven tāla, Kāśyapa and Bhṛigu according to the eight tāla, and Vāshishṭha, Bhārgava, Viśvāmitra and Bhāradvāja according to the nine tāla. (Details of these measures will be found under TĀLA-MĀNA.)