Dvibhumi, 顿惫颈产丑奴尘颈, Dvi-bhumi: 1 definition
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Vastushastra (architecture)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)顿惫颈产丑奴尘颈 (啶︵啶掂た啶啶た) [=Bh奴midvaya?] refers to 鈥渢wo storeys鈥� (i.e., 鈥榓 two-storeyed ma峁環a鈥� ?), according to the Pi峁単al膩mata (verse 10.33-36).鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the pura on a 9-by-9-plan and the 32 padas]鈥斺�淢y dear, at Yama and Gandharva one should make a ma峁環a with three storeys, two [storeys] (bh奴midvaya鈥攂h奴mitray膩nvitam ... athav膩 dvayas膩rdha峁�) or one storey. [These are] the best, middling and least [ma峁環as] in turn. That is the place for the 膧c膩rya to sleep, for [prognostication of] auspicious days, triumph, meditation, and the practice of Yoga. [There the teacher] may associate with 惫墨谤补蝉, sharing 惫墨谤补 food and drink, etc.鈥�.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
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Starts with: Dvibhumika, Dvibhumikaasanasala, Dvibhumikakuti, Dvibhumikakutika, Dvibhumita, Dvibhumividhana.
Full-text: Dvibhumika, Dvibhumividhana, Dvibhuma, Bhumidvaya.
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Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
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Theatre Architecture in Ancient India < [November-December 1931]
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
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