Apaprajitaprccha of Bhuvanadeva (An Old & Rare Book)

The Aparajitapṛccha of Sri Bhuvanadeva (of about later part of the 12" century A.D. and the first half of 13th century A.D.) is a voluminous work of Visvakarman. It was edited by P. A. Mankad, a Former State Engineer, on the basis of two rare Manuscripts of the Oriental Institute of Baroda, with an exhaustive and scholarly introduction and tables in English. It was published in the world famous Gaekwad's Oriental Series as its no. 115 in 1950. The said work was out of print for last many years, but, was in great demand from the scholarly world, as it is a standard work on Vastusastra, the subject, which is now a days in great prevalence. The said work is, therefore, being reprinted by scanning process and presented herewith to the world of scholars. We are sure that it will be well-received by scholars and the general readers, interested in the subject of Vastu.

The Aparajitapṛecha of Sri Bhuvanadeva (of about later part of the 12th Century A.D. and the first half of 13th Century A.D.) is a voluminous work of 239 Sutras (chapters) on all the aspects of Vastusastra, narrated by Visvakarman. It was edited by P. A. Mankad, a former State Engineer, on the basis of two rare Manuscripts of the Oriental Institute of Baroda, with an exhaustive and scholarly introduction and tables in English. It was published in the world-famous Gaekwad's Oriental Series as its No. CXV in 1950. The said work was out of print for last many years, but, was in great demand from the scholarly world, as it is a standard work on Västusastra, the subject, which is now a days in great prevalence. The said work is, therefore, being reprinted by scanning process and presented herewith to the world of scholars. We are sure that it will be well-received by scholars and the general readers, interested in the subject of Vastu. We are thankful to the University Authorities for sanctioning the required grant for the reprint of this book. We also thank Dr. Ramanath Pandey, Dr. Smt. Sharmila Bagchi, Dr. Milind Joshi (Research Officers of the Institute) for going through the proofs of the introductory part of the book, which is re-composed. We are grateful to Dr. S.Y. Wakankar, Deputy Director, for his overall guidance in the publication of this book. We are also thankful to Shri P.N. Shrivastav, the Manager, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Press and his co-operative staff for quick and neat composing, scanning and printing.

**Contents and Sample Pages**