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Agastya is a name frequently cited, we have seen above, as an authority on architecture. Unfortunately, the manuscripts discovered are incomplete and devoted solely to sculpture. One of the manuscripts bearing the title Agastya-Sakaladhikara contains the following chapters: (1) Mana-samgraha-system of measurement, Manasara, II, LV. (2) Uttama-dasa-tala-large type of the ten-tala measure, M., LXV. (3) Madhyama-dasa-tala-intermediate type of the ten-tala measure, M., LVI. (4) Adhama-dasa-tala-small type of the ten-tala measure, M., XLI. (5) Pratima-lakshana-general rules on images, M., LXIV. (6) Vrishabha-vahana-laksha na-bull, the riding animal of Siva, M., LXII. (7) Natesvara-vidhi-image of Natesvara (dancing Siva), M., LI. (8) Shodasa-pratima-laksha na-sixteen images, M., LXIV. (9) Daru-samgraha-collection of wood, cf. M., XV. (10) Mrt-samskara-preparing earth for images, mentioned in various places, cf. M., LXVIII. (11) Varna-samskara-preparation of colours, mentioned in various places in M. In a Madras manuscript the following topics are described¹: (1) Mana-samgraha-visesha---specially on measures, M., II. LV. (2) Uttama-dasa-tala-large type of the ten-tala, M., LXV. (3) Madhyama-dasa-tala--intermediate type of the ten-tala, M., LXVI. (4) Somaskanda-lakshana-image of Soma and Skanda, M., not specified. (5) Chandra-sekhara-lakshana-image of Siva, M., LI, LII. (6) Vrishabha-vahana-lakshana-image of the bull, M., LXII. Chapters 7 to 18 seem to be missing. It is not clear whether or not the following 7-14 (which numbers arc not found in the compilation) are to be attributed to Agastya: (7) Tripurantaka-lakshana-image of Siva, cf. M., LI, LII. 1 In the Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras, there are two fragmentary MSS. ascribed to Agastya (Cat., Vol. XXII, nos. 13046, 13047). They deal with astrological matters bearing upon architecture. In the same library (Cat., Vol. XXII, no. 13058) there is a large manuscript of 429 pages, of 25 lines to a page, of paper 13 t "* 8". Two large portions of this compilation are ascribed to Agastya. 170

(8) Kalyana-sundara-laksha na--image of Kalyana-Sundara. (9) Ardha-narisvara-lakshana-image of Siva, M., LI, LII. (10) Pasupata-laksha na-image of Siva, M., LI, LII. (11) Bhikshatana-lakshana-image of Siva as a beggar, M., not specified. (12) Chandesanugraha-lakshana-image of Siva, M., LI, LII. (13) Dakshina-murti-lakshana- image of Siva, M. LI, LII. (14) Kala-dahana-lakshana-image of Siva, M., LI, LII. (15-18) Apparently missing. (19) Pratima-laksha na-images, M., LXIV. In another portion of the compilation the following chapters are numbered, as shewn in parallel column : (20) (3) Upapitha-vidhana-pedestal (for image), M., XIII, LIII. (21) (9) Sula-mana-vidhana- measurement of pikes for images, cf. M., LXVII. (22) (10) Rajju-bandha-samskara-vidhi-- making ropes, M., II. (23) (11) Varna-samskara--preparation of colours mentioned in various places in M. (24) (12) Akshi-mokshana-chiselling of the eye, M., LXX. We have seen above that Agastya is mentioned, together with Maya, as one of the authorities on which Visvakarma's treatise is based. Agastya was, therefore, presumably known to Visvakarman. Owing to the incomplete nature of Agastya's extant works the connexion of Agastya with Mayamata and with the Manasara is not clear at present. It is true, however, that several chapters of Agastya are strikingly similar to, if not taken from, the corresponding chapters of the Manasara. 171