रूपमण्डन एवं देवमूर्त्ति-प्रकरणम् (मण्डन सूत्रधार - प्राचीन मूर्तिकला एवं देव-प्रतिमा लक्षण सटीक)

( 34 ) dealing,...with a number of topics, if not the whole, of the Pāñca- rātra system.⁸⁶ “......of the principal subjects treated in the Pāñcarātra, the scientific student will probably find it best to distinguish the following ten :— (1) Philosophy ; (2) Linguistic occultism (mantra-śāstra) ; (3) Theory of magical figures (yantra-śāstra) ; (4) Practical magic (māyā-yoga) ; (5) Yoga ; (6) Temple-building (mandira-nirmāṇa) ; (7) Image-making (pratiṣṭhā-vidhi) ; (8) Domestic observances (saṁskāra, āhnika) ; (9) Social rules (varṇāśrama-dharma) ; (10) Public festivals (utsava)⁸⁷.” An examination of the principal subjects, treated in the Pāñca- rātras, will easily show the close relationship of many of these, with the Vāstu and the Śilpa-śāstras. In the evolution and the development of the Building, the Plastic and the Graphic Arts of India, —— the Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa and the Kalpa (Śulva) Sūtras, the Śaiva Āgamas and the Śākta Tantras, the Purāṇas and the Pāñcarātras, etc., have, among the Brāhmaṇic Texts, made similar contributions. Even the Jainas and the Buddhists, did not lag far behind. It will, however, be out of place to make any discussion of the latter sources, here.

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86. Otto Schrader, Op. cit. pp, 2-3 ff.
87. Ibid. p. 26.