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

28 MĀNASĀRA
The reading of B. D. is very corrupt. But the above lines supply a
clue to a very important passage left out by the other Mss. From the
contents of lines 51 to 56, the general description of the thirty-two plans
outlined by thirty-two technical names in lines 2 to 50 can be followed.
But all the Mss., except B. D., have left out the description of the
third plan called पीठ; they do not give a full description of the second
plan, called पैशाच, either. This fact may induce one to recover the
missing passage from B. D. and retain it in the text, but the passage
in B. D. is hopelessly corrupt. In place of these line the Mayamata
which is a summary of the Mānasāra reads the following....
अथ पीठ पदे नवभागयुते दिशि दिश्यथ वेदचतुष्टयकम् ।
विदुरीशपदाद्युदकं दहनं गगनं पवनं पृथिवो ह्यबहिः ॥ २४॥
60. (1) J. गृह । (2) J. पूजार्थः । (3) It is not clear whether the second
half is intended to convey the sense of जनस्य स्नपनार्थकं । See B. D.'s
reading under note 59 above.
62. (1) J. देश । (2) शादाणवः does not seem to be the name of a god;
the next word भार्यक is certainly such a name. In the next two lines
(63, 64) six such names are given; and in this line there must be two
names to make the number eight. See note under Translation.
63. A. F. विवश्वां ।
64. I. भूदनं, A. F. दरं for घरं ।
B. D. omit the next four lines, 65 to 68.
65. J. सूत्रैः ।
66. J. वशूश, A. F. वमशं ।
Between lines 68 and 69, there seem to be some line or lines miss-
ing, wherein should be described the location of भल्लन् in the plan,
उपपीठ, mention of which is made in line 70.
67. I. J. सुग्रोवकं for सुग्रोवकौ suggested by A. F.
68. A. चोषं, F. शेषं, J. घोषं च, I. षोडश ।
69. (1) I. पञ्चमन्यल्यत् । (2) A. F. शत्वा, I. श्पैशात्तु for चैशात्तु (from the
north-east).