मानसार शिल्पशास्त्र (प्रसन्ना कुमार आचार्य - प्राचीन भारतीय स्थापत्य, नगर-नियोजन व मूर्ति-शिल्प महाकोश)

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indications it would, however, rather seem that the
volume was copied from two different manuscripts, one a
Grantha and the other a Telegu manuscript (Grantha
manuscript, no. 1987, and Telegu manuscript no. 525 in
Taylor's Catalogue Rais., I 71; II 355)." It seems to
have been copied from different sources by different
writers, but evidently not from the sources mentioned
here.
(D) This belongs to the Library of the India Office (Mackenzie
Collection, no. III, 187). It is written in Telegu
character on palm leaf, 13" by 2". It contains 162
folios, each page of which has 9 to 11 lines. Exactly
like 'B,' it begins with Chapter XV and after the
colophon of the last chapter of the book takes up the
first fourteen chapters. The name of the copyist is not
known. The date is given as Śaka 1656 (A.D. 1734).
The characters are very small and indistinct. After
careful collation with 'B,' it seems that both 'B' and
'D' are copies of the same original. 'B' may have
been already copied from 'D' when the latter was
removed to the India Office.
(E) This belongs to the Library of the India Office (Mackenzie
Collection, no. III, 190). It is written in Telegu character
on palm leaf, 19" by 1¾". It contains 68 folios, each
page of which has 7 to 8 lines. But there are some
pages quite blank. Each verse is followed by its
Telegu translation. The pages are numbered 131-198.
It begins at page 131. The colophon reads iti Maya-
mate Vāstu-śāstre Vimāna-lakshaṇa (158, 6, 6). As
Dr. Rost remarks, "the Sanskrit text is hopelessly
corrupt."
(F) This belongs to the Tanjore Palace Estate. It is referred
to in Aufrecht, part I, page 452, part III, page 97,
and in Burnell, page 62, no. 11081. It is written in