Mayamata Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House I have provided the original

I have provided the original text in the endnotes in the case of shorter passages

and the eldest son Biswamber Jyotisarnava who was then only sixteen maintained the family under circumstances of great difficulty

one without a true connection to the Divine

For botany agriculture and natural productions

Mayamata Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House I have provided the originalThe Mayamata is a Vastusastra, that is to say, a 'treatise on dwelling, and as such, it deals with all the facets of gods and men's dwellings, from the choice of a site to the iconography of temple walls. It contains numerous and precise descriptions of villages and towns as well as of temples, houses, mansions, and palaces. It gives indications for the selection of proper orientation, of right dimensions, and of appropriate building materials. About