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
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RV, I 58.8, 144.1; II 208, IV. 27 1, 30 20; VIII. 3.7; 15 14; 89.8;
95.1.
76.
Ibid., I.166.8; VII. 15.14.
77 Rhys Davids, Buddhist India, 42 45 49
78.
Ibid, pp. 64-5.
79.
P.K. Acharya, Indian Architecture, pp. 17-18.
80 81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
Kautil墨ya's Artha艣膩stra, chaps 22, 23, 24, 25, 65, 66.
Hara峁carita of B膩峁嘺bha峁弓a, tr. by E.B. Cowell and F.W. Thomas,
2nd edn., Delhi, 1968, pp. 215-16.
Ibid., pp 103, 153
Rajatarangini of Kalha峁嘺, tr. by R S. Pandit, New Delhi, 1968.
R.L. Mitra, Indo Aryan, 1, 25-26
Amarako艣a, ed. Sivadatta, section on towns and houses, chap II,
section II named pura-varga, verses 1-20, Bombay, 1915,
pp. 116-126.
Y膩yu, Skanda, Matsya, Visnu, Bh膩gavat, Padma, Garuda, Agni,
Braham, 艢iva, N膩rada, M盲rkandeya, Var膩ha, V膩mana, Linga,
K奴rma, Brahamvaivarta and Bhavisya.
MP, chaps, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 269, 270.
87.
88.
Ibid, chap. 252.
89.
Ibid., chap. 255.
90.
P.K. Acharya's, Indian Architecture, pp. 128, 147, 149
91 MP, chaps 269, 270
