Essay name: Architectural data in the Puranas
Author:
Sharda Devi
Affiliation: Himachal Pradesh University / Department of History
This essay studies ancient Indian architectural science as found in technical treatises and the Puranas, with special reference to the Matsya, Garuda, Agni and Bhavishya Puranas. These texts detail ancient architectural practices, covering temple and domestic designs, dimensional specifications, and construction rules.
Chapter 1 - Introduction
34 (of 40)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
Download the PDF file of the original publication
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
34 43
RC. Hazra, Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and
44 45.
Customs, Dacca, 1940, pp 26 ff
P V. Kane, History of Dharma艣膩stras, vol IV, BORI, Poona, 1953,
px
See Hazra, Puranic Records, pp 176-77
46 MP, 53.8
47. See Manabendu Banerjee, 'Matsya Pur膩峁嘺 Chapters on Indian
Architecture and Sculpture,' Pur膩峁嘺, vol XXI, no 1, 1979, pp 64 ff
P.K. Acharya, Indian Architecture, pp 194 ff; T. Bhattacharya, The
Canons of Indian Art, p 133
48.
49 50.
Tahsildar Singh, 'Matsya Pur膩峁嘺 and Early Medieval Temple
Architecture', Pur膩峁嘺, vol XXV, 1983, p 50
BH Kapadia, 'The Garuda Pur膩峁嘺m', Pur膩峁嘺, vol VIII, no 1,
1966, p 102
GP, chap 1, Visnu Pur膩峁嘺, 1 21.17; BP, 6.6.21.
51 S.D Gyani, Agni-Pur膩峁嘺 A Study, The Chowkhambha Sanskrit
Series, vol XLII, Varanas谋, 1964, pp 288-89
52.
R.C. Hazra, 'Studies in the Genuine 膧gneya-Pur膩峁嘺', Our Heritage,
vol. I, pt. II, 1953, pp 209 ff.
53.
Pargiter, op cit, p. 80
54.
HH Wilson, Analysis of the Pur膩峁嘺s, rpt, Delhi, 1979, p 83
55 Bhavisya-Pur膩峁嘺 | (Br膩hmaparvan), chap 130; Sri Venkate艣vara
Press, Bombay, 1955, pp 192 ff
