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Sources of Architectural Canons 251 presents the architectural subjects viz., V盲stu, Bh奴par墨k峁Ｄ� and
Bh奴misa峁僩raha (Selection of site and examination of soils),
Dv膩ras and Stambhas (position of doors and pillars), Padaviny膩sa
路 Siteplans), 膧y膩dinir峁嘺ya (Astrological consideration), structures
and component parts of houses, palaces and temples,
Sankusthapana (calculation of cardinal points) and Hastalak峁�a峁嘺
( units of measurements) either in crude or developed forms,
which in later works like Puranas, Agamas and Silpa texts
have been found elaborately treated.
(i) PUR膧峁咥S.
The Pur膩nas contain some casual references to architecture,
but some of them devote several adhy膩yas to architecture,
sculpture and other fine arts and give a systematic and
eleborate treatment of the subject.
The Pur奴峁嘺s seem to have been composed at different
times and their period can be fixed only approximately.
The following Puranas give a special treatment to the
subject.
The Matsya Pur膩峁嘺* (300 A. D.-600 A. D.)79 contains a
special section on architecture styled 'V膩stuprakara峁嘺' which
consists of eight comprehensive adhy膩yas 80 (chapters) dealing
with the different aspects of architecture and sculpture in
detail. 81 In one of these chapters (ch. CCLII) accounts
*
Published in Anandasram Sanskrit series no. 54 and Trans. into
English in SBH (Panini office, Allahabad ). Vol. 17.
79. Chro-Kane, Some portion of the Pur膩峁嘺 is as old as 3rd Cent.
A. (D., D. K. Shastri, 'Pur膩峁嘺 Vivecan' p. 180.)
80. MP. chapters CCLII, CCLV, CCLVII, CCLVIII, CCLXII,
CCLXIII, CCLXIX and CCLXX.
81. B峁沨at Samhit膩 of Var膩hmihira approximately belongs to the period
of MP. The subject of architecture treated by it displays some
affinity with that of MP.