Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c33.6

v1.c33.6

*N. B.* The name of this chapter belies its contents. It is the longest chapter not only in the Samarāṅgaṇa, but in the whole of literature dealing with Architecture. In the former part are dealt with the superior variety of fifty Prāsādas beginning with Śrīdhara etc. and, therefore, should form contents of a separate chapter and in the latter are dealt with these Meru and others (numbering twenty). Another thing to note in this connection is that a good number of verses are missing and hence description of some of the varieties in the former group are wanting. I split this long chapter into two equal chapters as 57 (a) and 57 (b) which in the reconstructed scheme are chapters LIX and LX.