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The authorship of Vastusara (Siri-Vatthusara-Payaranam) is ascribed to a Jain author Thakkar Feru inhabitant of village Karnal near Delhi. He compiled this work in 282 gathas in Ardhamagadhi on architecture in V. S. 1372 (1316 A. D.). 141 The original text is divided into three chapters. In Ch. I, entitled Grihalaksana the author has discussed preliminaries to be followed while constructing residential houses as well as temples. Then the constructional varieties of houses are discussed. Ch. II is pertaining to image making and its examination Bimba Pariksa. In this chapter the author has described various types of Jain images to be made of wood and stone and given their measurements. Ch. III is on the construction of temples. In this Chapter the subjects like ground-plan, Pitha, Mandovara, Sikhara etc. have been dealt with. In the Prasasti Feru himself mentioned that the work is a compilation from various sources.142 [...] * Edited and published by Pandit Bhagwandas Jain, Jaipur (1939) 141. Vasatusara-prakarana Intro. p. 4. 142. The editor has tried to give the complete Jain Iconography along with the original work (vide Vastusara. Appendice A. & D.). Thakkar Feru is known to have composed 'Siri-Rayanapari-kha-Payaranam' (Shri Ratnapariksa-prakranam ). The original text of this work is, also, given by the editor of Vastusara (vide Vastusara pp. 238-248) at the end.