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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) (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))

Edition, translation and illustration of the Mānasāra; dictionary of architectural terms with textual and epigraphic citations; survey of Hindu architecture in India and abroad.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [Prasanna Kumar Acharya](https://indike.org/pramana/person/acharya-pk)
- **Extent:** 40,538 passages, 1,061,786 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Oxford University Press, London 1927–1946, 7 vols.; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and… · In copyright (Prasanna Kumar Acharya); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…

## Contents

- [v1 Volume 1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v1) — 9 parts
- [v2 Volume 2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2) — 9 parts
- [v3 Volume 3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v3) — 9 parts
- [v4 Volume 4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v4) — 4 parts
- [v5 Volume 5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v5) — 4 parts
- [v6 Volume 6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6) — 7 parts
- [v7 Volume 7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v7) — 7 parts

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