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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.c47.7204

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.c47.7204

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The chapter on the joining of wood (*see* Sandhikarman) will indicate a knowledge of everything architectural, however insignificant it may appear to a layman. The chapter on ornaments (*see* Bhūshaṇa) and mouldings (*cf.* Stambha) will show a high sense of æsthetics. A knowledge of the climate and weather of the locality where a house is to be built is essential to their work. The astrological and astronomical calculation is also frequently referred to. (*Cf.* *Mānasāra*, II, 40, quoted above, and *Bṛihat-saṁhitā*, LIII, 1.)

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