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

xvi PREFACE
(K) These two manuscripts belong to the Palace Library of
Trivandrum. They are referred to in Aufrecht part I,
page 452, and described in Oppert II, 532, 6125, 6976.
Of these, 532 and 6976 are not available and seem to
have been lost. Of the two Trivandrum manuscripts,
one is 6125 and the other is a new one, in the sense that
it is not mentioned in any catalogue. Aufrecht thinks
(page 452) that one of these three described by Oppert
was "quoted by Rām Rāj." But there seems no
reason for Aufrecht's supposition. From the descrip-
tion it seems on the contrary that Rām Rāj referred to
the one called here 'J.'
Both of the Trivandrum manuscripts are written on palm-
leaves in Malayalam character. One of them contains 63 ślokas on
25 folios with 9 lines to a page of 7½" by 1¼" and goes as far as the
first 55 verses, with a Malayalam gloss. The other contains 6 folios
of 7½" by 1¼" with 9 lines to a page. This second one is the
gloss and omits the verses 5, 9, 10, 14, 24, 28, 38, 40, 45, 48,
52 and 55. They deal with Śaṅkhu-sthāpana and the illustration
of the Āyādi-shaḍ-varga; but comparison and collation are not
possible. Apparently they are not copies of the Mānasāra and
seem to belong to a different work. They are retained in
Appendix ग.
Aufrecht, part III, page 97, refers to the Reports on Sanskrit
Manuscripts in Southern India by E. Hultzsch, vol. II, page 37,
no. 1103. These manuscripts are the same as Burnell, Tanjore,
page 62, nos. 11080 and 11081, and identical with 'F' (11081)
and 'G' (11089).
Aufrecht, part III, page 97, refers to Hara Prasad, I and II,
Calcutta, 1898, 8, II, no. 161. It is, perhaps, the same fragmentary
manuscript, which now belongs to Mr. Nagendra Nath Basu, and
appears to be a recent copy of one of the manuscripts described
above.