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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.c49.45

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.c49.45

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The work is based primarily on the \*Mānasāra\*, but its sources include all the architectural treatises of the \*Vāstu-śāstras\*, and those portions of the \*Āgamas\* and \*Purāṇas\*, etc., which deal with architecture. In addition, all the inscriptions published in such collections as \*Epigraphia Indica\*, the \*Indian Antiquary\*, and \*Epigraphia Carnatica\*, etc. have been taken into account.

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## Cites (2)

- [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit
- [Vāstuśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.visvakarman.vastusastra) — Viśvakarman, Sanskrit

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