Essay name: Manasollasa (study of Arts and Sciences)
Author:
Mahadev Narayanrao Joshi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay in English studies the Manasollasa authored by Someshvara III, representing an ancient encyclopedic work encompassing over 8,000 Sanskrit verses. The text addresses diverse topics like polity, political sciences, architecture, jurisprudence, iconography, idol-making, and various arts and sciences such as mathematics.
Chapter 4 - Fine arts in Manasollassa
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203 59
Paramesthi Prajapati was made.
Attached to the house
in the first court were also the broad spaces for cows
and horses, both of whom formed an essential part of
the domestic economy in Vedic times (Av.3.12.12, 9.3.13).
A house is compared to a beautiful bride, and the same
is still current in the saying that the decoration of
61 a house is similar to that of a bride.
60 We can say that the lay-out of an Aryan house is
quite clear. It is divided into three portions, viz.,
the first court for domestic animals, the second for
the men and the third for the women's apartments; the
same is in the epic palaces of three courts called
Trikaks膩. Subsequently the number of courts increased
upto seven (sapta-kaksa) as mentioned in the Harsa
carita.
62 59. V.S.Agrawal. Op.Cit. p.43.
60. 啶呧ぅ啶班啶� 啶掂啶�
-
[atharva veda
-
] 9.3.24.
啶掂ぇ啷傕ぎ啶掂啶む啷抡ざ啶距げ啷�
[惫补诲丑奴尘补惫补啷憈别啷捙浤乴别
] 61. Cf. Rajammal P.Devadas.
Text Book of Home Science.
(Government of India, New Delhi, 1959) pp.211-274.
62. V.S.Agrawala, Op. Cit. p.45.
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