Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c20.2
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c20.2
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Sabhā here means a public hall or a council-chamber. The special features of the Sabhā in Vedic times were their pillars and fire-altars. This characteristic of pillars is retained in the planning of Sabhā in the Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra. Nandā, Bhadrā, Jayā, Pūrṇā, Bhāvitā, Dakṣā, Pravarā and Vidurā—these are the eight varieties of the Sabhā, special features of the first five varieties is the excessive application of the pillars as many as thirty-six in each of them, together with terraces, all round. The sixth, seventh and eighth varieties however, it seems that apart from the architectural details, may have corridors also.