Samarangana Sutradhara
Samarangana Sutradhara is an encyclopedic work on classical Indian architecture written by Paramara King Bhoja of Dhar.
In 83 chapters, subjects treated are town planning, house architecture, temple architecture and sculptural arts together with Mudras, the canons of painting, and a chapter on the art of mechanical contrivances, the yantras.
Samarangana Sutradhara also includes a chapter about the decoration of palaces, which describes the construction of mechanical contrivances, including mechanical bees and birds, fountains shaped like humans and animals, and male and female dolls that refilled oil lamps, danced, played instruments, and re-enacted scenes from Hindu mythology.Editions
- Sastri, T.G.
- Kumar, Pushpendra, Bhoja's Samarangana-Sutradhara : Vastushastra. 2 Vols, New Bharatiya Book Corporation,.
- Sharma, Sudarshan Kumar, Samarangana Sutradhara of Bhojadeva : An Ancient Treatise on Architecture, 2 Vols. , ..
