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The '''''{{IAST|Mānasollāsa}}''''' ''(मानसोल्लास )'' also known as '''''Abhilashitartha Chintamani''''' ''(अभिलाषितार्थ चिन्तामणि )'', is an early 12th-century Sanskrit text composed by the [[Kalyani Chalukya dynasty|Kalyani Chalukya]] king [[Someshvara III]], who ruled in present-day Karnataka. It is an encyclopedic work covering topics such as polity, governance, ethics, economics, astronomy, astrology, rhetoric, veterinary medicine, horticulture, perfumes, food, architecture, games, painting, poetry, dance and music. The text is a valuable source of socio-cultural information on 11th and 12th century India.

The encyclopedic treatise is structured as five sub-books with a cumulative total of 100 chapters. It is notable for its extensive discussion of arts, particularly music and dance. It is also notable for including chapters on food recipes and festivals, many of which are a part of modern Indian culture.

Another medieval era Sanskrit text with the title ''Mānasollāsa'' also exists, consisting of devotional praise hymns (''[[stotra|stōtra]]''), and it is different from the encyclopedic treatise.{{citation needed|date=February 2026}}

== Nomenclature ==
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|quote=<poem>Cut fishes into pieces and wash them well.
Cook along with malabar tamarind juice.
Sprinkle well with wheat flour. Fry in heated oil till brown.
Add rock salt. Sprinkle powdered cardamom and pepper.</poem>
|source =—''Manasollasa'' 3.1530–1531<ref name=sadhalenenefish177 />}}
The title ''Manasollasa'' (मानसोल्लास) is a compound Sanskrit word, consisting of ''manas'' (मनस्) or "mind" and ''ullasa'' (उल्लास) or "rejoicing, delighting".<ref>[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?beginning=0+&tinput=sollasa&trans=Translate Sollasa], Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Koeln University, Germany (2012)</ref> It means "the joy, delighter or entertainer of the mind".{{Sfn|Datta|1988|p=1165}}{{Sfn|McHugh|2012|p=118}} Alternatively, the compound word can be broken as ''manasa'' and ''ullasa'', which mean "happiness of mind".<ref>Nalini Sadhale and YL Nene (2010), Bhudharakrida (Royal Enjoyment on a Pleasure-mound) in Manasollasa, Asian Agri-History, Vol. 14, No. 4, pages 319–335</ref><ref>[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?beginning=0+&tinput=+ullasa&trans=Translate Ullasa], Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Koeln University, Germany (2012)</ref>

The work is divided into five sub-books suffixed as Viṁśati (विंशति) which means 20 and refers to the 20 chapters in the sub-book.<ref>[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?beginning=0+&tinput=viMzati+&trans=Translate viMzati], Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Koeln University, Germany (2012)</ref> In modern scholarship, it is referred by [[IAST]] spellings "Manasollāsa",{{Sfn|Banerji|1989|p=238}} and "Mānasollāsa".{{Sfn|McHugh|2012|pp=154–155}}

It is also known as the ''Abhilashitartha Chintamani'' ({{IAST|Abhilaṣitārtha Cintāmaṇi}}) (literally, the precious gem that fulfills wish).{{Sfn|Kincaid|Parasanisa|1918|pp=32–33}}{{Sfn|Datta|1988|p=1165}} This text title is spelled ''Manasollāsa'',{{Sfn|Banerji|1989|p=238}} and there is another medieval era Indian text with the title, ''Mānasollāsa'' ({{langx|sa|मानसोल्लास}}), written in [[Stotra]] (poetry of praise) style related to [[Dakshinamurthy|Dakshinamurti]], very different in scope and attributed to [[Adi Shankara]] or Suresvara.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/Dakshinamurti.Stotra.of.Sri.Sankaracharya.with.Commentaries/Dakshinamurti.Stotra.of.Sri.Sankaracharya.with.Commentaries.by.Suresvaracharya.Swayamprakasa.Ramatirtha#page/n0/mode/2up Dakshinamurti Stotra], [[Dakshinamurti Stotra]] A Mahadeva Sastri (1895), see Preface section</ref>

== Date and author ==
The text was completed in 1129 CE by Someshvara III. He became the king in 1127,{{Sfn|Kincaid|Parasanisa|1918|pp=32–33}} was part of the Kalyani Chalukya dynasty, and the third king in this dynasty. The year in which he ascended the throne is approximate, and some scholars state it to be 1125 CE.{{Sfn|Scharfe|1989|p=24}} The author hailed from the medieval [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan region]] consisting of large parts of modern [[Karnataka]], [[Telangana]], western [[Andhra Pradesh]] and southern [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=sadhalenenefish177>Nalini Sadhale and YL Nene (2005), On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD), ''Asian Agri-History'', Vol. 9, No. 3, pages 177–199</ref>

== Structure ==
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|quote=All those diseases of elephants caused by [[Dosha|''Vata'' and ''Pitta'']] are cured without fail, by a mixture of ''[[Tinospora cordifolia|Guduchi]]'', two types of ''[[Merremia emarginata|Parnika]]'', two types of ''[[Polygonatum verticillatum|Meda]]'', '' Jivaka'' and ''[[Malaxis muscifera|Rishabha]]'', two types of '' Kakoli '', ''[[Withania somnifera|Ashvagandha]]'', '' Vidari'' and ''[[Asparagus racemosus|Shatavari]]'', either in powder, paste, or decoction form.
| source = —''Manasollasa'' 2.649–650<ref name=sadhaleneneelephant>Nalini Sadhale and YL Nene (2004), On Elephants in Manasollasa – 2. Diseases and Treatment, ''Asian Agri-History'' Vol. 8, No. 2, pages 115–127</ref>
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The ''Manasollasa'' is an encyclopedic treatise written in poetic verse style.{{Sfn|Datta|1988|p=1165}}{{Sfn|Banerji|1989|p=238}}

It is structured into five sub-books and cumulatively contains 100 chapters. The five ''Vinshatis'' (sub-book of 20s) are ''Rājyaprāptikāraṇa'', ''Rājyasya Sthairyakāraṇa'', ''Bhartur Upabhogakāraṇa'', ''Pramoda kāraṇa'' and the ''Krīḍā viṁśati.''{{Sfn|Banerji|1989|p=238}}{{Sfn|Udgaonkar|1986|p=25}} Each chapter deals with a specific topic, ranging from gaining a kingdom, its governance, economics, infrastructure, architecture, medicine,{{Sfn|Joshi|Hebbali|2004}} cuisine, ornaments, perfumery and love-games,{{Sfn|McHugh|2012|pp=118, 131–133}} sports, jewelry, painting, music and dance.{{Sfn|Datta|1988|p=1165}}{{Sfn|Banerji|1989|p=238}}{{Sfn| Shrigondekar|1961|p=vi}} A major part of the text is dedicated to music and musical instruments, with 2500 verses dedicated to it.{{Sfn|Banerji|1989|p=238}}

The number of ''{{IAST|śloka}}s'' in this work are:

{| class="wikitable"
! style="background: #ffad66;" | Twenty-book{{Sfn|Udgaonkar|1986|p=25}}<br />({{IAST|Viṁśati}})
! style="background: #ffad66;" | Chapters<br />({{IAST|Adhyāya}})
! style="background: #ffad66;" | Verses<br />({{IAST|Śloka}})
|-
| I. {{IAST|''Rājyaprāptikāraṇa''}}
| 20
| 308
|-
| II. {{IAST|''Rājyasya Sthairyakāraṇa''}}
| 20
| 1300
|-
| III. {{IAST|''Bhartur Upabhogakāraṇa''}}
| 20
| 1820
|-
| IV. {{IAST|''Pramoda kāraṇa''}}
| 20
| 3219
|-
| V. {{IAST|''Krīḍā viṁśati''}}
| 20
| 1375{{Sfn|Shrigondekar|1961|p=309}}
|-
|}

== Contents ==

=== Kingdom and qualifications of a king: ''Rājyaprāptikāraṇa'' ===
The ''Rajyapraptikarana'' sub-book describes the qualifications of a king and ministers, their duties and moral characteristics that enable the king to rule a stable, prosperous kingdom.{{Sfn|Udgaonkar|1986|p=25}}<ref name=joshijku>{{cite journal|volume =29 |title=Social character of Someshvara III|author=MN Joshi |journal=Journal of the Karnataka University: Humanities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OM5AAAAIAAJ|pages=125–126| year=1985}}</ref>

The chapter asserts that the king should be truthful, avoid anger, be virtuous and lead by example.<ref name=joshijku /> The king, ministers and citizens should, states the ''Manasollasa's'' first sub-book, refrain from injury to others, practice self-restraint and generosity, have faith in gods, feed and support the poor and helpless, and be friendly.{{Sfn|Campbell|1896|p=221}} The king, according to the text, should honour his ancestors and all guests.{{Sfn|Udgaonkar|1986|p=25}}

=== Governance, economics and political stability: ''Rājyasya Sthairyakāraṇa'' ===
The second sub-book ''Rajyasya Sthairyakaraṇa Vimshati'' is dedicated to governance and economic matters to help a king retain the kingdom.{{Sfn|Campbell|1896|p=221}}{{Sfn|Udgaonkar|1986|pp=25–26}} It describes the ministers and their qualifications, the maintenance, equipment and training of an army with a ''[[Senapati]]'' (general) to command the army, the priests and astrologer as advisors to the king, the treasury and methods of taxation.{{Sfn|Campbell|1896|p=221}}

[[J Duncan M Derrett]], a professor of Oriental Laws, states that chapter 2.8 of the text discusses three kinds of constitutions and recommends that the king should delegate large responsibilities to his ministers, a system that implied that the kingdom was virtually ruled through the ministers.{{Sfn|Derrett|1976|p=439 with footnote 31a}} The ''Manasollasa'' gives a significant role to an [[astrologer]] in the council of advisors to the king who would forecast the auspicious time to respond to an attack, which Hartmut Scharfe, a professor of Indo-European Studies, states proved disastrous during foreign [[Muslim]] invasion of the Deccan peninsula.{{Sfn|Scharfe|1989|p=24, 118 with footnote 723}}

The delegated form of governance in the existing or acquired provinces is recommended by the text, with the qualification that the province should be ruled by someone born there. However, all ministers in immediate vicinity of the king must be born in the long established state.{{Sfn|Scharfe|1989|p=136 with footnotes}} The king, states the text, must watch out and act against bureaucrats and officials who torment his subjects.{{Sfn|Scharfe|1989|p=158 with footnotes}} The text cautions that the king should prevent abuse of his subjects from officials, robbers, enemies, king's favorites and his own greed.{{Sfn|Scharfe|1989|p=24}}

This sub-book also describes types of ''shulka'' (taxation).<ref name="Woolf1998">{{cite book|author=Daniel R. Woolf|title=A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing: A-J|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86SbYzbKvmAC&pg=PA851|year=1998 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-8153-1514-8|pages=851–852}}</ref> In the fourth chapter, it explains the [[Customs|tax collected at port of entry]] on goods that arrive at the border.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mandagadde Rama Jois|title=Legal and Constitutional History of India: Ancient legal, judicial, and constitutional system|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V552bAz5xFAC|year=1984|publisher=Universal Law Publishing|isbn=978-81-7534-206-4|page=271}}</ref>

The second sub-book includes chapters on [[Veterinary medicine|veterinary care]] of animals such as horses and elephants who served the army. Many veterinary ailments are described, ranging from fever to injury to stomach upsets, and the proper nourishment, care of the animals as well as formulations of medicines are outlined in the verses of chapter 2.6, for example.<ref name=sadhaleneneelephant /> The text includes the names of over 40 [[herbs]] used for recipes of veterinary care.<ref name=sadhaleneneelephant />

=== Food and entertainment: ''Bhartur Upabhogakāraṇa'' ===
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| footer = The 12th-century text describes foods that continue to be part of modern Indian tradition. Above clockwise from top left in Sanskrit: ''Dosaka'' ([[Dosa (food)|Dosa]]), ''Iddarika'' and ''Vataka'' ([[Idli]] and [[vada (food)|vada]]), ''Parika'' ([[Pakora]]) and ''Kshiravata'' ([[Dahi vada]]).<ref name="Achaya2003">{{cite book|author=K.T. Achaya| authorlink=K. T. Achaya| title=The Story of Our Food|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bk9RHRCqZOkC |year=2003| publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-7371-293-7|page=85}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Farnworth| title=Handbook of Fermented Functional Foods, 2nd Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1zMBQAAQBAJ| year=2008| publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-4200-5328-9|pages=15–16}}</ref>
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The ''Manasollasa'' contains recipes of vegetarian and non-vegetarian [[cuisines]], which according to [[Mary Ellen Snodgrass]], the editor of ''Encyclopedia of Kitchen History'', preceded the [[Cookbook#History|cookbook writing history]] in Europe by a century.{{Sfn|Snodgrass|2004|p=452}} While the text is not the first among Indian books to describe fermented foods, it contains a range of cuisines based on fermentation of cereals and flours.<ref name="Achaya2003" /><ref name="TamangKailasapathy2010">{{cite book| author1=Jyoti Prakash Tamang| author2=Kasipathy Kailasapathy| title=Fermented Foods and Beverages of the World| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJTLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA16| year= 2010| publisher=CRC Press| isbn=978-1-4200-9496-1| page=16}}</ref> Among meat dishes, the text does not include the meat of cow, horse, elephant, parrot, peacock or eggs. It describes cuisines based on pork, venison, goat meat, and fish among others.{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|p=4}}

The text asserts that fresh water is ''[[Amrita]]'' (nectar) of cuisine, and ''Visha'' (poison) otherwise.{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|p=6}} Someshvara III recommends fresh water from rains (autumn), springs (summer), rivers and lakes (winter) for daily use, after it has been filtered with a clean cloth. The text recommends boiling the water before use and using the water so in a day.{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|p=6}} For drinking, if boiling is not possible, the text recommends alternate purification method based on ''[[Triphala]]'', and then adding a piece of mango, ''patala'' or ''[[Magnolia champaca|champaka]]'' flower or powder of camphor for flavor and delight.{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|p=6}} The text mentions fresh coconut water and a drink called ''[[panakam]]''.{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|pp=6–7}}

The art of preparing wine is described in ''Manasollasa'' from grape and sugarcane, with unusual sources being based on brewing of ''Talimadya'' (palm), ''Narikelasava'' (coconut) and ''Khajurasava'' (date).{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|p=14}}

It includes recipes for the king's favorite [[Sweets from the Indian subcontinent|sweets]]. In addition to milk based sweets it includes recipes for fried sweets like ''golamu'' (a doughnut made with wheat flour), a rice flour based sweet similar to the modern ''[[pantua]]'' and ''[[ledikeni]]'', and ''gharika'' (fried cakes made of [[black gram]] flour).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krondl |first1=Michael |title=Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert |year=2011 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |pages=41–42 |isbn=9781556529542 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gN6ySQnUnfwC&pg=PA41 }}</ref>

=== Joy and delight: ''Pramoda kāraṇa'' ===
The fourth sub-book of ''Manasollasa'' deals with entertainment such as music, dance, songs and competitive sports. The text covers dance and music in exclusive chapters, dedicating far more verses to these two topics than first two sub-books combined.{{Sfn|Banerji|1989|p=238}}{{Sfn|Chopra|1992|p=97}} This may reflect the importance of performance arts in 12th-century India, since Someshvara III's son and successor to the throne king Jagadekamalla II also wrote a famed treatise ''Sangita-chudamani'', literally "crown jewel of music".<ref>{{cite book|author=Emmie Te Nijenhuis|title=Indian Music: History and Structure|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NrgfAAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-03978-3|pages=5–6}}</ref>

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The text describes types of songs and music, instruments and dances along with occasions of their performance.{{Sfn|Nijenhuis|1992|p=67}} The ''[[Tripadi]]'', states the text in chapter 4.16, was performed during harvesting and husking season, the ''[[Shatpadi]]'' was performed by folk story tellers, the ''Dhavala'' sung at marriages, while festivals such as [[Holi]] were celebrated with ''Mangala'' and ''Caccari'' genre of songs and music.{{Sfn|Nijenhuis|1992|pp=67, 563 with footnotes 295–301}} The ''Charya'', asserts the text, were songs of meditation.{{Sfn|Nijenhuis|1992|p=67}} The text claims ''Gana'' (गान) to be a form of "popular music" and that ''Geet'' that is neither fast nor slow, but contains both high and low notes, where the words and musical meter are equally important to be preferred by spiritual teachers.{{Sfn|Nijenhuis|1992|p=67}}

Rhetoric is discussed in chapter 4.17 of ''Manasollasa''.{{Sfn|Shrigondekar|1961}} The text dedicates over 450 verses in chapter 4.18 to dance and describes types of dance forms, musical instruments that go with dance performances, and the occasions when dances were celebrated.{{Sfn|Bose|1991|p=45}} The text discusses six types of performers, their characteristics and their roles — ''Nata'' (actor), ''Nartaka'' (dancer), ''Nartaki'' (danseuse), ''Vaitalika'' (bard), ''Charana'' (wandering performer) and ''Kollatika'' (acrobat).{{Sfn|Bose|1991|p=45}} Their body movements (6 ''Anga'', 8 ''Upanga'' and 6 ''Pratyanga'') are explained with their significance. This discussion is similar to that found in ''[[Natya Shastra]]'', a Sanskrit text composed around 1st-century BCE.{{Sfn|Bose|1991|pp=45–46}} The text thereafter presents the 21 ''Sthanas'' and 26 ''Charis'' of the dance tradition.{{Sfn|Bose|1991|pp=45–46}}

The discussion on dance movements is compiled by six categories — mimetic (''[[natya]]''), delicate (''[[lasya]]''), vigorous (''[[tandava]]''), acrobatic (''visama''), ludicrous (''[[vikata]]'') and graceful (''[[laghu]]'').{{Sfn|Bose|1991|pp=46–47, 141–142}}

The fourth sub-book also describes sports, such as fishing,<ref name=sadhalenenefish177 /> dog (greyhound-type) racing,<ref>Nalini Sadhale and YL Nene (2010), Sarameyavinoda in Manasollasa: Dogs for Recreation and Hunting, ''Asian Agri-History'', Vol. 14, No. 3, pages 273–283</ref> horse racing, elephant racing as well as archery, wrestling and athletics.{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|pp=72–75}}<ref>{{cite book|author1=K. R. Sundararajan|author2=Bithika Mukerji| title=Hindu Spirituality: Postclassical and Modern| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUWIEfAY-mMC | year=2003| publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-1937-5| page=425}}</ref> The text describes some unique team sports, such as a form of Indian [[polo]] involving two teams of eight members each.{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|pp=81–82}}

=== Games, arts and leisure: ''Krīḍā viṁśati'' ===
The last sub-book of the text discusses recreation through horticulture and the art of creating gardens,<ref name=sadhalenenebim>Nalini Sadhale and YL Nene (2010), Bhudharakrida in Manasollasa, ''Asian Agri-History'', Vol. 14, No. 4, pages 319–335</ref> painting, perfumery, architecture and the training and breeding of horses, elephants, lavakki (a type of [[quail]]), and other wildlife. A chapter is devoted to the royal sport of hunting deer or other wild game.{{Sfn|Geer|2008|p=20}} It deals with 35 ways of game hunting of deer, in addition to hunting with dogs, [[falconry]] and fishing.{{Sfn|Thapar|1998|p=41}}

The [[garden design]], asserts the text, should include rocks and raised mounds of summits, manicured with plants and trees of diverse varieties, artificial ponds and flowing brooks.<ref name=sadhalenenebim /> It describes the arrangement, the soils, the seeds, the distance between types of plants and trees, the methods of preparing manure, proper fertilizing and maintaining the garden, which plants and trees are best planted first, when to plant others, watering, signs of overwatering and underwatering, weeds, means of protecting the garden and other details.<ref name=sadhalenenebim /> Both public parks and woodland gardens are described, with about 40 types of trees recommended for the park in the ''Vana-krida'' chapter.{{Sfn|Shrigondekar|1961}}<ref name=sadhalenenebim />

Other arts and leisure activities described in the fifth sub-book include activities such as garland making and [[perfumery]], wherein the flowers are arranged in patterns of pleasing colors and ones that delight the senses.{{Sfn|McHugh|2012|p=151–155}} The text lists types of aromatic woods, such as [[sandalwood]] and their qualities.{{Sfn|McHugh|2012|p=189–190}} The text describes the art of painting as three types — ''Viddha'' (representational), ''Aviddha'' (sketch, outline) and ''Bhava'' (narrative).<ref>{{cite journal | author=Sivapriyananda | title=South Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches: Some Examples from Mysore | journal=South Asian Studies | volume=15 | issue=1 | year=1999 | pages=1–13 | doi=10.1080/02666030.1999.9628561 }}</ref>{{Sfn|Shrigondekar|1961}} The text includes a recipe for making various types of paints,<ref>{{cite journal | last=Dube | first=R. K. | title=Gold powder: Its preparation | journal=Gold Bulletin | publisher=Springer Science | volume=24 | issue=3 | year=1991 | pages=95–102 | doi=10.1007/bf03214717| doi-access=free }}</ref> as well as crayons for drawing, and then recommends the steps in making a drawing.<ref>{{cite book|author=Isabella Nardi |title=The Theory of Citrasutras in Indian Painting: A Critical Re-evaluation of Their Uses and Interpretations| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cl8AgAAQBAJ |year=2007| publisher=Routledge| isbn=978-1-134-16524-7|pages=123–}}</ref>

The 12th-century text describes jewelry and make up of women including those applied to their eyelids, lashes, cheeks and forearms, mentioning styles and colors of ''[[Tilak]]'' on their foreheads.{{Sfn|Shrigondekar|1961}}{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|pp=27–28, 53–56}} In jewelry, those for hair and earrings are notable.{{Sfn|Shrigondekar|1961}}{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|pp=27–28, 53–56}}

== Legacy ==
The ''Manasollasa'' has been called an important source on socio-cultural history of medieval India,<ref name="Woolf1998" /> particularly for the history of food, drinks and cuisines{{Sfn|Kamat|1980|pp=1–9}} and of sports.<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph S. Alter | title=The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMu1xKEWBt4C| year=1992| publisher=University of California Press| isbn=978-0-520-91217-5| page=16}}</ref> Mandakranta Bose, a professor on South Asian studies, describes the text to be of great interest because it is the earliest known text with details on dance genres in India.{{Sfn|Bose|1991|pp=45, 216}} A team consisting of [[Bruno Nettl]], a professor of music and anthropology, has called ''Manasollasa'' an enormous treatise with large sections on music, dance and other performance arts.<ref>{{cite book| author=Bruno Nettl| title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC | year=1998| publisher= Routledge| isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1|page =24|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

== See also ==
*''[[Sushruta Samhita]]''
*''[[Charaka Samhita]]''
*[[Culture of India]]
*[[Indian cookbooks]]

== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===
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== External links ==
*{{cite journal | last=Dube | first=R. K. | title=Aspects of Powder Technology in Ancient and Medieval India | journal=Powder Metallurgy | volume=33 | issue=2 | year=1990 | pages=119–125 | doi=10.1179/pom.1990.33.2.119| bibcode=1990PowM...33..119D }} (Presents powder manufacturing processes mentioned in Manasollasa)
* Walter Kaufmann (1965), [https://www.jstor.org/stable/850238 Rasa, Rāga-Mālā and Performance Times in North Indian Rāgas], Ethnomusicology (Presents music theories in Natyasastra and Manasollasa)
*Elise B. Barnett (1970), [https://www.jstor.org/stable/849802 Special Bibliography: Art Music of India], Ethnomusicology
*Scan of [http://www.ms.uky.edu/~sohum/sanskrit/yogavasishtha/Manasollasa.pdf volume 1 (1925) of Shrigondekar's printed edition of the Manasollasa], University of Kentucky (in Sanskrit, first 4 vimshati) with English introduction

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Manasollasa - Revision history

Suresh330 at 15:30, 1 May 2026