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.c49.75

v7.c49.75

**Dr. Beni Prasad**, M.A., PH.D., D.SC. Dr. P. K. Acharya attempts to offer the results of his twelve years' study of Hindu architecture in four volumes, two of which have just been published while the other two may soon be expected to see the light. They are based on *Mānasāra*, the standard authority, on a number of minor works and a host of chapters or references, legal, religious, and general literature, as well as inscriptions. The *Dictionary*, in particular, a pioneer work, is a monument of diligent research and systematic arrangement. In words quoted in the preface, ‘no one but those who have taken part in similar labours, can at all realize the amount of tedious toil, I might almost say drudgery, involved in doing everything single-handed, collecting the quotations and verifying references and meanings, making indices and lists of words, sorting and sifting an ever-increasing store of materials, revising old work, arranging and re-arranging new, correcting and re-correcting, writing and re-writing, and interlineating copy, till reams upon reams of paper have been filled, putting the eyesight, patience and temper to a severe trial.’ The series is addressed to scholars and advanced students but all interested in the scientific study of Hindu culture or in that of fine arts in general will find it instructive.