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.c47.5961
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.c47.5961
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‘ On the surface of a stone levelled with water or on the levelled floor of the chunam work, describe a circle with a radius of a certain number of digits. Place the vertical gnomon of 12 digits as its centre and mark the two points where the shadow (of the gnomon) before and after noon meets the circumference of the circle ; these two points are called the east and the west points (respectively) . Then draw a line through the timi (fish) formed between the (said) east and west points and it will be the north and south line or the meridian line.’