MĀNASĀRA SERIES: VOLUME VII 

BY PRASANNA KUMAR ACHARYA, I.E.S.

M.A. (CAL.), PH.D. (LEYDEN), D.LIT. (LONDON)
HEAD OF THE ORIENTAL DEPARTMENTS, PROFESSOR OF SANSKRIT, UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD

‘What the learned world demand of us in India is to be quite certain of our data, to place the monumental record before them exactly as it now exists, and to interpret it faithfully and literally.’ 

CONTENTS

 

PAGES         

FOREWORD

ix—xviii

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (DICTIONARY)

xix—xxvii

THE ORDER OF ROMAN CHARACTERS AND THE METHOD OF TRANSLITERATION ADOPTED

xxix

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

xxxi—xxxiv

TEXT OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA

1—613

APPENDIX I-A SKETCH OF SANSKRIT TREATISES ON ARCHITECTURE

615—59

APPENDIX II-A LIST OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTS WITH SHORT NOTES ON THEIR WORKS

661—77

BIBLIOGRAPHY

679—84

EXTRACTS FROM OPINIONS ON THE DICTIONARY

1A—18A

INDEX TO MODERN ARCHITECTURAL TERMS WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING SANSKRIT EQUIVALENTS

1 to 18

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MANĀSARĀ SERIES

  • VOLUME I—A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture ( 1927).
  • VOLUME II—Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra Śilpā-śāstra (1927).
  • VOLUME III—Mānasāra Sanskrit Text with Critical Notes (1934).
  • VOLUME IV—Architecture of Mānasāra Translation in English (1934).
  • VOLUME V—Architecture of Mānasāra Plates I—CXXXV (Architectural), CXXXVI—CLVII (Sculptural) (1934).
  • VOLUME VI—Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad (1946).
  • VOLUME VII—An Encyclopedia of Hindu Architecture (1946).

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