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Originating in ancient India, Vastu Shastra (Sanskrit: वास्तु शास्त्र, vāstu śāstra – literally "science of architecture" [2]) is a traditional Hindu system of architecture [3] [4] based on ancient texts that describe principles of design, layout, measurements, ground preparation, space arrangement, and spatial geometry. [5]
Parts of the Kannada epics: Kumaravyasa's Mahabharata and Lakshmisha's Jaimini Bharata. The place, time and religious sect that Lakshmisa belonged to has been a subject of controversy among historians. Some historians believe he was a native of Devanur in modern Kadur taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka state.
He was a prolific writer authoring more than a hundred books on a variety of books relating to traditional knowledge areas like vastu shastra (architecture), [1] jyothisha (astrology and astronomy), ayurveda (Indian system of medicine), and also books on history. [2] He compiled a Sanskrit-Malayalam Dictionary and a Dictionary of Indigenous ...
The text is named after the Vedic sage Narada, the musical genius and monk who also appears in numerous Upanishads. [7]Manuscripts of nearly all the major puranas acknowledge the existence of a major purana named either Narada or Naradiya, suggesting it was an important text in Hindu mythology. [8]
The text is notable for its sections on temple architecture (vastu), sculpture (shilpa), painting and classical music and dance (sangita, nritya). [ 1 ] Several incomplete manuscripts of Aparajitaprccha were discovered in Gujarat in early 20th-century (particularly Baroda), and others later in central and north India.
According to Adam Hardy – an Indologist specializing in Hindu architecture and temples, the Manasara is a guide with prescriptions of ratios and rules for design and architecture, like other Vastu sastra texts that have survived. These prescriptions can be interpreted into a variety of drawings and forms after a careful study, but such ...
Shilpa Shastras (Sanskrit: शिल्प शास्त्र śilpa śāstra) literally means the Science of Shilpa (arts and crafts). [1] [2] It is an ancient umbrella term for numerous Hindu texts that describe arts, crafts, and their design rules, principles and standards.
Ashtamangala prasnam is a certain type of practice of the prasna branch of Hindu astrology. The terminology indicates the use of eight (ashta) auspicious (mangala) objects in its practice.