Vastumandala, 痴腻蝉迟耻尘补峁囜笉补濒补, Vastu-mandala: 4 definitions
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Vastushastra (architecture)
: Google Books: The Hindu Temple, Volume 1痴腻蝉迟耻尘补峁囜笉补濒补 (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶�):鈥擨n the 痴腻蝉迟耻惫颈诲丑腻苍补 (X.1-6) it is stated that the 痴腻蝉迟耻尘补峁囜笉补濒补 in which is situated the body of the V膩stupuru峁 should consist of 81 squares. This is corroborated, for instance, in the 笔谤补测辞驳补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (V膩stuhoma, 1-3). There the V膩stu of 64 squares is prescribed for the rites of initiation (诲墨办峁Ｄ�), the installation of images (辫谤补迟颈峁ａ弓丑补), and for sacrificial offerings (测腻驳补) whrereas it is said that the 尘补峁囜笉补濒补 of V膩stu has 81 squares.
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)痴腻蝉迟耻尘补峁囜笉补濒补 (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶�) is the name of a Ma峁囜笉ala employed in V膩stu测腻驳补 (鈥減reliminary building-site rituals鈥�), as discussed in chapter 14 of the 笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the P膩帽car膩tra priestly community.鈥擜nother preliminary to the actual 辫谤补迟颈峁ａ弓丑腻-rites is to perform v膩stu测腻驳补-rites, in connection with the site chosen, ah operation said to validate the whole undertaking (1-2a). First a v膩stu尘补峁囜笉补濒补 must be prepared and duly honored (2b-10). To the East or North of where this has been fixed a 蝉辞尘补尘补峁囜笉补辫补 is built, soma is invoked, and the guardians of the directions are worshipped (11-29). Thereupon all the deities appropriate should be invoked into the v膩stu尘补峁囜笉补濒补-design, whereupon the 惫腻蝉迟耻丑辞尘补 is done (30-47).
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: AIKTC: Journal of the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 79痴腻蝉迟耻尘补峁囜笉补濒补 (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶�):鈥擜fter the selection of the land for house building the plot of land is to be divided into 81 squares by drawing ten lines from east to west, and others from north to south. Inside the diagram, 13 deities are situated and 32 in the outer compartments. Thus there are 45 deities in this diagram.
India history and geography
: Shodhganga: Vernacular architecture of Assam with special reference to Brahmaputra ValleyVastu-mandala is an Assamese term referring to 鈥渕etaphysical plan of building鈥�.鈥擨t appears in the study dealing with the vernacular architecture (local building construction) of Assam whose rich tradition is backed by the numerous communities and traditional cultures.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Partial matches: Vastu, Mandala.
Full-text: Vastubali, Vastuyaga, Vastuhoma, Talacchanda, Padavinyasa.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 309 < [Volume 1 (1871)]
Arts in the Puranas (study) (by Meena Devadatta Jeste)
4. Vastu-purusa (presiding deity of buildings) < [Chapter 3 - Architecture in the Puranas]
6. Town planning < [Chapter 3 - Architecture in the Puranas]
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 7 - Planning of Pr膩s膩da鈥擳he Hindu Temple < [Volume 5 - Temple Architecture]
(ii) The Site-planning (V膩stupada-v墨ny膩sa) < [Chapter 6 - Fundamental Canons of Hindu Architecture]
(v) The character of the building aspect etc. (Pat膩k膩di-峁峁�-chandas) < [Chapter 6 - Fundamental Canons of Hindu Architecture]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
4.3. V膩stupada-viny膩sa (site-planning) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
4.2. Dikpariccheda or Dikparicchedana (fixing the cardinal directions) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Architectural data in the Puranas (by Sharda Devi)
The material for building a Temple < [Chapter 3 - Temples]
Notes and References for chapter 1 < [Chapter 2 - What is Vastu]
Vastu-pada-vinyasa鈥攖he plan < [Chapter 2 - What is Vastu]
Vernacular architecture of Assam (by Nabajit Deka)
Architecture (f): Site Selection < [Chapter 3]