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.c49.98

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Professor Acharya’s *Dictionary of Hindu Architecture* is a monumental work, the first of its kind. It deals with three thousand words relating to architecture and sculpture and cognate arts. Under each term is brought together all the necessary informations in the form of a short article illustrated with copious quotations from the ancient printed books as well manuscripts, the general literature and the archæological records. And this has been done with a thoroughness and accuracy which are the author’s own. Full quotations for bringing out each and every shade of the meaning of a word are given, in effect the *Dictionary* becomes more of an Encyclopaedia rather than a Dictionary. The learned author has laid the scholars and the general public under the deep debt of obligation by removing a long-felt want.