Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c53.36

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The S. S.'s classifications of the buildings are in keeping with the needs of not only the different strata of men but also the different orders of gods and goddesses. The residential houses for the ordinary run of men as well as those belonging to the middle classes and the higher classes of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and the priests, the commander and the like, all comprising both the nobility of the clan and the aristocracy of mind and spirit, are a distinct feature of Bhoja's contribution to the science of architecture. Samarāṅgaṇa's classification of the houses may be grouped into the following three categories:—