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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.c47.633

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.c47.633

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Mṛiṇmayaṁ yadi kuryāch chech chhūlana(ṁ) tatra prakalpayet ।
Lohajaṁ cha viśesheṇa madhūchchhishṭena nirmitam ।—(*ibid.*, 31.)
(7) Lohajatve madhūchchhishṭam agninārdrikṛitas tu yat ।
Vastreṇa śodhayet sarvaṁ doshaṁ tyaktvā tu śilpinā ॥
(*Kāraṇāgama*, XI, 41.)
(8) Mūrtis tu vṛiksha-pāshāṇa-loha-dravyaiḥ prakārayet ।
The image should be made of materials like timber, stone, and iron.
(*Śilpa-śāstra-sāra-saṁgraha*, XI, 5.)
(9) Sauvarṇī rājatī vāpi tāmrī ratnamayī tathā ।
Śailī dārumayī chāpi loha-sīsa-mayī tathā ॥
Ritikā-dhātu-yuktā vā tāmra-kāṁsa-mayī tathā ।
Sudhā-dāru-mayī vāpi devatārchā praśasyate ॥
(*Matsya-Purāṇa*, Chap. CCLVIII, vv. 20–21.)
(10) Mṛiṇmayī dāru-ghaṭitā lohajā ratnajā tathā ॥
Śailajā gandhajā chaiva kaumudī saptadhā smṛita ।
Kāṁsamayī gandhajā chaiva mṛiṇmayī pratimā tathā ॥
(*Agni-Purāṇa*, Chap. XLIII, vv. 9–10.)
(11) Mṛiṇmaye prativ(b)imbe tu vaset kalpa-yutaṁ divi ।
Dāru-pāshāṇa-dhātūnāṁ kramād daśa-guṇādhikam ॥
Mṛiṇmaye vāhane datte yat phalaṁ jāyate bhuvi ।
Dāruje tad-daśa-guṇaṁ śilāje tad-daśādhikam ॥
Rītikā-kāṁsa-tāmrādi-nirmite deva-vāhane ।
Datte phalam āpnoti kramāt śata-guṇādhikam ॥
(*Mahānirvāṇa-Tantra*, XIII, 22, 30, 31.)
(12) Svarṇādi-lauha-bimbe cha deha-garbhaṁ na karāyet ॥ (4)
Kāshṭha-pāshāṇa-bimbe cha yat sandhau vidhir uchyate ॥ (6)
Yat bimbe cha kṛite dravyaṁ svarṇaṁ tāmraṁ tu mṛiṇmaye ।
Saile kāshṭhe ishṭikā-chūrṇaṁ bimbaṁ tatra prachakshate ॥ (3)
(*Bimbamāna*, British Museum, MS. 1, 558,
5292, vv. 4, 6 ; MS. 2, 5291, 559, v. 3.)
(13) ‘Here they produced a liṅga, of seven metals, viz. gold, silver, tin, lead, copper, iron and bell-metal.’—(Sahyādri-khaṇḍa of the *Skanda-Purāṇa*, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. III, p. 194, c. 1, last para.)

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