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There is also a Sārasvatīya-śilpa-śāstra⁴⁰ ascribed to
Sarasvatī.
The Paulastya, Sārasvata, Manohalya, Brahma, Kaumudīka,
Nārāyaṇīya (Śilpa-śāstras ?) are also known through quotations⁴¹ ;
similarly, are Vasiṣṭha, Nārada, Varāha, Māṇḍavya⁴².
Indra, Bhārgava, Āṅgirasa, Dhruva, Gautama, Gārgeya,
Manu, Vyāsa and Bhṛgu are also mentioned⁴³.
The Aparājita-pṛcchā⁴⁴ is said to be revealed by God
at the request of Aparājita ; it was quoted by Hemādri⁴⁵
while, the Aparājita-vāstu-śāstra⁴⁶ is ascribed to Viśva-
karman⁴⁷
A Gārgī-saṃhitā⁴⁷ᵃ was known long ago and a Gārgya-
saṃhitā⁴⁷ᵇ also exists. Both have been preserved in modern
copies.
40. Aufrecht : Op. cit., Vol. I, p. 714.
41. See Orient. Mss. Libr., Madras, Cat. Vol. XXII, No. 13058,
Śilpasaṃgraha. It expressly mentions the sources it has been compiled
from.
42. See P. K. Acharya : A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture,
Appendix I. p. 803. Quoted in Saṃgraha-śiromaṇi by Sarayu Prasad.
43. See Oriental Mss. Libr., Cat. Vol. XXII, No. 13057.
44. An edition of the Aparājita-pṛcchā was announced long ago in the
GOS. But the work has not yet come out. Dr. Bhandarkar : Report
(1883-84), p. 276, sub voce. Compare also Śilpa-grantha in Eggeling :
Op. cit., Mss. 3152, 1603b.
45. "Quoted by Hemādri in Pariśeṣakhaṇḍa 2, 660-62, 819" Aufrecht
Cat. Catalog. Vol II, p. 4.
46. Dr. Bühler : Catalogue of Sanskrit Mss. contained in private
Libraries—, 1872, p. 276.
47 a. Varāhamihira's Bṛhat-saṃhitā. (Ed., Bibliotheca Indica).
Introduction by Kern, p. p. 33 ff.
47 b. P. K. Acharya : A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture. Appen-
dix I. sub. voce. "Mss. R. 15. 96., in Trinity College, Cambridge . . .