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Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c40.s7.11
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The great variety of Vedic words² denoting a dwelling-house shows that the Vedic Indians were long settled with a tradition of house-building. Already in the early Vedic period houses were not simply unit family abodes, but were also individual private properties which could be acquired. Sometimes a ready-made house could be purchased for a considerable price (*A.-V.*, IX, 3, 15). A well-to-do person possessed several houses. Thus a rich householder is called *Pastyāvant* (*R.-V.*, I, 151, 2; IX, 97, 18). Some poet-singers are described as *puru-dama* (*A.-V.*, VII, 73, 1) and *āyatanas* are given as examples of prosperity (*Chhand. Upanishad*, VII, 24, 2).³
Linked texts (3)
- Chāndogyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit