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VARTTA-THE ANCIENT HINDU ECONOMICS
(147) Kalabastra.-" Name of a work by Visâkhila." Mentioned in Monier Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary under the word Kalâ.'
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(148) Chitra-Bharata.-Mentioned in Monier Williams' op. cit. under the word 'chitra'. It seems to be a work on painting.
(149) Vastu-Bastram-(1) Râjavallabha maṇḍanam (see List II), (2) Rûpamanlanam, (3) Prasada-mandanam, (4) Devata-mûrtti-prakaranam." On Silpa." Cata logue of Printed Books and Manuscripts in Sanskrit belonging to the Oriental Library of the A. S. B., p. 173, No. I. G. 89,
(150) Silpa-Sastra. A treatise in Tamil, said to have been originally composed in Sanskrit by Myen. Indian Antiquary, vol. V (1876), pp. 230-237, 293-297.
LIST II.
Printed works on Vartta or its Sub-Topics.
1) Rajavallabhamanḍanam, by Maadana, son of Srikshetra.-"A metrical treatise on architecture in 14 adhyayas; edited with Gujrati translation and over 100 plates and diagrams by Narayana Bhârati Yasavanta Bharati (Baroda, 1891)." Stated to have been composed at Udaipur in Samvat 1480. A supplementary catalogue of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit books in the Library of the British Museum (acquired during the years 1892-1906) by Dr. L. D. Barnett, p. 715.
(2) Visvakarmaprakasah." A work on architecture attributed to the god, Visvakarma. With a Hindi translation by Saktid hara Sukula for Munshi Pâlârâm and hence conjointly with the text styled Pâlârâm-Vilasa, pp. IV, 304 Lucknow, 1896). The preface states that the work, first communicated by Brahma to Siva was thence transmitted successively to Garga, Parâsara, Brihadratha and Visvakarma." Ibid, p. 715.
(3) Silpasastrasa rasa ngraha.- "A manual of architecture by Kalyana Sivanârāyaṇa of Surat. 12 plates. (Rajanagar, 1898). With a Gujarati translation by Kalyaradasa Bhânâbhâi Gujjar." Ibid, p. 375.
(4) Laghu-Silpa-Jyotisha-Sara.
(5) Visvakarma-Vidya-Prakasa
(6) Silpa-Dipika.
(7) Vastu-Ratnavali.
(8) Vastava-Vichitra-Prasna.
(9) Vastava-Chandra-Sringonnati-Sadhanam.
(10) Silpadhi-Vriddhi.
(11) Yukti-Kalpa-Taru, edited by Pandit isvarchandra Sastri with a Foreword by the present writer.
(12) Krishi-Samgraha, by Parasara.
(13) Kshetra-Prakasa.
(14) Upavanavinoda, edited by Kaviraja Gaṇanath Sen.
