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 3 - Temples
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135 38
.
The MP, chap. 269.
39.
BS, 52. 39-41.
40.
SS, 49.67.
41.
BSP, 131. 33.
42.
43.
44.
MP, chap. 266. 5. 18.
BS, chap. 52, 110; VDP, 3. 86-88.
AP, chap. 41.17.
45.
MP, chap. 268. 31-45.
46.
Ibid., 47-51.
47.
BS uses the phrase
'vicitrakuhara' and
BSP prefers
'vividhakuhana'.
48.
49.
50.
See BSP, 1. 130. 'navatrin艣aducchritameru岣�'.
BS uses the word 'simh膩krant and BSP uses sinh膩k膩ro.
BSP omits a line here and consequently contains a 艣loka of only
one line numbered as 35.
51.
Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., pp. 275-77.
52.
See GP, 1. 47. 19-27, and Tehsilder Singh's, 'Some Reflections. on
Temple Architecture from Garuda-Pur膩峁嘺', Pur膩峁嘺, vol. XXII, no. 2.
1980. pp. 184 ff; AP, chap. 104. 13-21.
53.
AP, 104.17 names it vardhani.
54.
AP, 104.18 names it khav峁沰峁.
55.
AP, 104.11 it is called m膩峁噄ka.
56.
Ibid 104.19 it is called rk峁n膩yaka.
