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Sources of Architectural Canons
271 originally belonging to Patan in Gujarat144 and having shifted to Mewar. He was patronised by King Kumbha Karņa of Mewar 145
The following works 146 are ascribed to Mandana.
1. Devatā-Mūrti-Prakraņa. Gujarati are found lying with the artizans. Separate commentary (Țıkā) are also found under the head of Prāsāda-Țikā, Rā javallabha Țikā etc. (Catalogue of Sans. MSS. in private libraries of Gujarat etc. 1872. p. 276) 144. N. Y. Gosai, Rājavallabha ( 1911) Intro. p. 6.
The copper-plate in the possession of Shri Bhanwarlal, former chief mason of Udaipur state who claims to be a descendant of Sūtradhāra Mandana; (cf. EP. Ind. XXIV. p. 64 f. n. 1 and published in the Indian Historical quarterly calcutta, XXX(2) June 1954, pp. 178–182) dated V. S. 1482 ( 1425 A. D.) states quite specifically that Mokala invited and procured with great difficulty Mandana, a native of Gujarat as he was in need of an expert on the study of sculpture aud architecture. Inspite of the fact that the text of the exisiting plate, as shown by Shri R. C. Agrawala (IHQ. XXXIII, pp. 323, 324) was drafted and engraved at a very later stage it establishes the fact that Mandana shifted from Gujarat to Mewar. Further it was perhaps, not Mokala, but Kumbhakarņa, who invited him. It is a well known fact that he patronised him as the state architect. It was he who is said to have been entrusted with the task of designing and building the fort of Kumbhalgadha (Udaipur Dist. ) in V. S. 1515 (1448 A. D). He appears to have constructed the temple of Visņu just adjacent to the famous Śiva temple of Ekalingaji. It is interesting to note that a number of images and sculptures from Kumbhagadha dated V. S. 1515 and 1516 were carved according to strict literary injunctions propounded by in Mandan's celebrated work Rupamandana (R. C. Agrawala Sodha patrika, Hindi, Udaipur, VIII (3) pf-1-12, and IX (1). pp. 6 ff) 145. N. Y. Gosai., Rājavallabha (1911) XIV, 43 p. 239. 146. Auf. C. C. I, pp. 730-31. Several works of Mandana are collected in the Oriental Institute, Baroda. a. Popularly known as Rupāvatāra, This along with Rupamandana, edited by Upendramohan Sankhyatirtha is published in Calcutta Sana Series. XII (1936).
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