Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture: Treating of Sanskrit Architectural Terms, with Illustrative Quotations from Silpasastra, Vastusastras, Vastu-Vidyas, General Literature and Archaeological Records
Acharya, Prasanna Kumar
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Book ID : 24001
ISBN-10 : 81-87418-89-3 / 8187418893
ISBN-13 : 978-81-87418-89-4 / 9788187418894
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2004
Edition :
Language : English
25 cm.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a work of a rare scholarship comprising compilation of architectural expressions from the sanskrit literature. The terms included in the Encyclopaedia are primiarily those found in the Manasara. The number of terms approximate narly three thousand of which about one forth are new terms and the rest are classic in origin. The source material comprises of some 50000 pages of rare archaeological documents.
