Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c25: Chapter XLI.
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c25
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Chapter XLI.
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Dvāraguṇadoṣa (The door and its Merits and Demerits.)
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This chapter is encyclopaedic in nature. The door has formed a separate chapter in the Study (Part III). There all the details are examined. Here it is enough to say that though avowedly it deals with the doors, their varieties, their placing in a particular direction and on a particular site presided over by a particular deity, it also throws side-lights on some of the elements of architecture, such as the number of the storeys that houses belonging to different castes and communities can have. Another important topic of description in this chapter is the doctrine of Vedha. Vedha of the door with street (Rathyā), platform etc. etc. must be avoided (see details in the Study Proper.)
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' Then follow the qualities of the doors. Other details like building byelaws can also be seen in the Study (cf. Part III.)