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.c49.44

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A work like this (*A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture*) which treats of ‘Sanskrit architectural terms, with illustrative quotations from *Śilpa-śāstras*, general literature and archaeological records’ will appeal probably to a comparatively small circle of students, but to them its value will be very great. Hitherto, there have been no dictionaries, even in Sanskrit, which have fully treated architectural terms, so that the present work, which has entailed enormous labour—the author tells us that he has gone through 50,000 pages of archaeological material—breaks entirely new ground. Dr. Acharya’s work has been the greater since, for his purposes, the term, ‘architecture’ must include everthing built or constructed, from a royal palace to a sewer, or a garden to a bird’s nest.