Essay name: Manasollasa (study of Arts and Sciences)
Author:
Mahadev Narayanrao Joshi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay in English studies the Manasollasa authored by Someshvara III, representing an ancient encyclopedic work encompassing over 8,000 Sanskrit verses. The text addresses diverse topics like polity, political sciences, architecture, jurisprudence, iconography, idol-making, and various arts and sciences such as mathematics.
Chapter 4 - Fine arts in Manasollassa
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for granted.
68 In Yuktikalpataru, Bhoja lays down the
69 selection of site for the construction of buildings.
It is in the Grhya sutra that we first meet with several
principles of Indian architecture which gradually deve-
loped into elaborate science of architecture or the
Vastuvidya.
The Sankhayana Grhya S奴tra 70
describes in three
chapters the ceremonials to be performed by a man when
he builds a new house. These ceremonials furnish impor-
tant data for the proper understanding of Indian archi-
tectural principles. It is to be noted that the centre
It was there
of the ground was held in high reverence.
that the first necessary rites were to be performed and
the Chief Post fixed. We find another important conclu-
sion drawn from the worship offered to various posts of
68. 啶膏啶оぞ啶о啶掂げ啶苦い啷� 啶班ぎ啷嵿く啷� 啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶侧啷嵿し啶｀じ啶傕く啷佮い啷� 啷�
啶溹げ啶ぞ啶班啶椸啶曕啶む啶︵啶啶む 啶曕啶掂ぞ啶た 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶啶班啶距ざ啶距え啷� 啷ムイ [sudh膩dhvalite ramye v膩stulak峁峁嘺sa峁儁ute |
jalam膩rgek峁泃odyote kv膩pi sarvaprak膩艣膩ne ||| ] 3. 1. 134.
69. 啶啶溹じ啷嵿く 啶啶曕啶むた啶曕げ啷嵿お啶むぐ啷佮, 啶ㄠ啶むた啶啶曕啶むた啶� [bhojasya yuktikalpataru岣�, n墨tiyukti岣� ] 176.
啶ㄠう啷�啶多ぎ啶多ぞ啶ㄠざ啷堗げ啶距え啶距 啶掂え啶膏啶� 啶ㄠた啶曕啷� 啶むぅ啶� 啷�
啶� 啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶曕啶班啶掂啶� 啶� 啶︵啶掂え啷嵿う啷嵿さ-啶ㄠ啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶むく啷嬥 啷�
[nad墨艣ama艣膩na艣ail膩n膩峁� vanasya nika峁璭 tath膩 |
na v膩stukarma kurv墨ta na dvandva-nagar膩ntayo岣� ||
] 70. 啶多ぞ啶權啶栢ぞ啶え 啶椸啶灌啶� 啶膏啶む啶� [艣膩峁卥h膩yana g峁沨ya s奴tra ] 3.2. EE.
Cf.D.N.Shukla, Op.Cit pp. 195-96
