Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c50.s2.7
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c50.s2.7
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The Sadana, Sadma, Kṣaya, etc. are synonyms of houses which also indicate that a group of houses develops into a village and with the aforesaid advantages it consequently emerges into a fullfledged town. Similarly Puṣkara indicates to the evolution of those towns which rise on the bank of rivers or develop on the sea-shore. Durga, as already indicated is nothing but a fortified town, the origin of which may be traced from a citedal or fortress and Mandira, the temple, as we shall see, in India, they have been the nucleus of the development of great towns—the temple-cities of India.