Chapter 11 - Manaparibhasha (Measurements)

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Elephantology and its Ancient Sanskrit Sources [by Geetha N.]

Similarities between the two works (GSM & Hastyayurveda) • Mythological story is the same • The author of both treatises is same • Manaparibhasha-technical terms are the same. • Types of Elephants are similar in terms and numbers • The questions and answers in between king Romapada and the sage Palakapya are similar. Difference between Hastyayurveda and Gajashastra • Gajashastra describes Gajavana in detail, but, no such description is found in the Hastyayurveda....

Read full contents: Chapter 3 - Hastyayurveda (Hasti Ayurveda)

Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) [by D. N. Shukla]

Pramana is the measurement of breadth (Vistrita). Parimana is the measurement of width or circumference (paritah). Lambamana is the measurement along the plumb lines or the lines drawn perpendicularly through different parts of the body, Mana, or the measurement of height being determined by the surface of the body. Unmana is the measurement of thickness (nimna) or diameter....

Read full contents: (iii) Proportionate measurements (Mana, Angula, Hasta)

Manasara (English translation) [by Prasanna Kumar Acharya]

The pramana is said to be the measurement of breadth; and the parimana is the measurement of girth (circumference). 7. The lambamana is the (perpendicular) measurement by the plumb-lines, and the unmana is the measurement of height (depth, thickness, lit. , measurement downwards). 8. And the upamana is the measurement of interspace: these are the measurements of an idol consisting of the height, etc. 9....

Read full contents: Chapter 55 - The Jain images (jaina-lakshana)

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