Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c53.48
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c53.48
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Similar accounts in the Mārkaṇḍeya (Ch. 49) and Vāyu (Ch. 8) Purāṇas also corroborate the truth that the primitive house, the first house on earth had the tree as its model. Dr. Acharya in his “Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture” says: “Trees are stated (Matsya Purāṇa VII, 83-120) to have supplied to the primitive men the model of his future house. Śālā (house) is stated (VV. 117-120) to have been derived from Śākhā (branch) because originally branches were arranged lengthwise, breadthwise, crosswise, up and down and thatched to make the first house”.
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- Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit