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Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c5.5

Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c5.5

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v1.c5.5

This is so far as the extension of the previous work is concerned. An altogether new approach in the contemporary studies on Hindu Architecture is the preparation of Vāstulakṣaṇa having culled the material from the representative text books. This is a poineering attempt. We did have Pratimālakṣaṇa, but so far we never had Vāstulakṣaṇa. It is a parallel and corresponding approach between the study and sources. Like my Pratimālakṣaṇa--vide Vāstu-Śāstra Volume II—Hindu Cannons of Iconography and Painting, this Vāstulakṣaṇa has also been prepared under suitable scientific headings and it now reads like an independent treatise on the Vāstu-Sāstra. My only disappointment is that I could not