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The Structural Temples of Gujarat 2. Prāsāda Maņdana. 3. Rājavallabha. 4 Rapamaņdana d 5. Vastu-maņdana. 6. Vastu-Šāstra. 7. Vāstu-sāra. 8. Āyatattva.
Prasadamandana' is a brief treatise on temple architecture, outlining the procedure to be adopted, in the construction of temples for gods and goddesses. It consits of eight chapters or Adhyayas. The chapter I deals with preliminaries (Miśraka lakṣaṇa) to be followed in the architecture of temple; Ch. II tells about the mouldings of the base; III describes measurements of Pitha, Mandovara, Grabhagriha, Sakhās ( door frames ) and Udumbara (thresholds ). Ch. IV. narrates the sizes of idols and their positions, flag staffs ( Dhavja Daņda ) and Āmalaka and Kalasa of
b. Edited by : J. D. Zadoo and published in the Kashmir Sanskrit series of Texts and studies no. LXXII. 1947. Recently it is published by Bhagwandas Jain. (Jaipur) 1961. c. Published with Gujarati commentary and some illustrative diagrams by Narayan Bharati Yasavant Bharati Gosai of Patana in 1911, This work is also known as Västurāja Vallabha. d. Vide f. n. a. above. Recently, the text with Hindi commentary edited by Dr. Balram Shrivastava is published from Benaras (1965) e. Available with Gujarati commentary. Published from Ahmedabad in 1878 A. D. It also deals with astrological matters concerning architecture. Auf. C. C. Pt. I. P. 569. f. This is a chapter dealing with astrological matter. Many of the Silpa texts contain it under slight different names. Silpa texts ascribed to Višvakarmā Viz. Dipārņava etc. also deals with the same subject matter. As a separate chapter it is known as Āyatattva. The subject matter of third chapter of Rājavallabha, titled as āyādi-Lakşaņa is the same. It is abudently available in a separate Ms. form.
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