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विश्वकर्मा was a Brahmana. He had four मानस sons. मानस means वैश्य, ( Vide; History of Castes in Bengal, Brahmana Kanda, vol. II part IV p. 7) by Nagendranath Basu. I quote the relevant verses :
मगा ब्राह्मणभूयिष्ठाः समगा: क्षत्रिया स्तथा ॥ ४ ॥
वैश्यास्तु मानसा ज्ञेयाः शूद्रास्तेषां तु मन्दगाः । जय, विजय, सिद्धार्थ and अपराजित were these four sons. It may be pointed out that मग, समग, मानस and मन्ग connote the जाति signifying the occupation only. मानस वैश्य has reference only to the occupation. The term afa had no waterlight compartments as we understand it nowadays. It was not based on consanguinary relation but was held together by ties of common occupation.
The following works are attributed to fama in the Catalogus Catalogorum of Dr. T. Aufrecht.
अपराजितपृच्छा by भुवनदेव २. क्षीरार्णव (शिल्प) or विश्वकर्मन् ३. जयपृच्छा ४. वास्तुमार ५. विश्वकर्मप्रकाश ६. विश्वकर्ममत
अपराजितप्रभा or विश्वकर्मसंहिता आयतत्व
ज्ञानरत्नकोश १०. वास्तुप्रकाश ११. वास्तुविधि १२. वास्तुशास्त्र cf. no. 5 १३. वास्तुशास्त्र by विश्वकर्मन
. बास्तुसंग्रह ५. बास्तुसमुच्चय १६. विश्वधर्मीय १५. विश्वकर्मशिल्प
The above works are noticed in Catalogus Catalogorun of Dr. T. Aufrecht, Parts I and II. Some of them are mixed up so that the correct number can be arrived at only by actual comparision. Who were the Vasus ?
Who were the Vasus ? What part did they play in the social structure in ancient India? Have they handed down to us any eminent personalities in the history of Sanskrit literature worth our close study? Questions such as these are very complicated, indeed, unless extensive materials are available to satisfactorily handle them,
