Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c14: Chapter XVII
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c14
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Chapter XVII
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Nagarādisaṁjñyā (Towns and their Categories).
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This chapter is of encyclopaedic nature and as its very name indicates, it does not deal with any particular topic but rather enumerates and defines the various and manifold architectural terms in relation to House Architecture and the Palace Architecture together with the more popular terms in relation to the town planning.
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CHAPTER XVIII
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Puraniveśa (The Town Planning)
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The scheme of planning of the town (of all categories) with all the common components like Prākāra, Parikhā, Aṭṭāla, gates, Gopuras, roads, and streets together with the site-planning, residential quarters of the towns-men belonging to different castes and professions and the temples has been elaborated here in this chapter, the notice of which has been taken in detail in a separate part of this Study (vide Part II, Town Planning).
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III House Architecture
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A. Preliminaries
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Chapter XIX entitled ‘Āyādinirṇaya’ deals with one of the five fundamental canons of Architecture and therefore is reserved for detailed notice in the chapter ahead.