Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c53.65

v1.c53.65

In the first quotation, the rows of the Śālā are termed as Mālikā—the garland, and the Mālikā is a class of many-storeyed mansion. Therefore, the previous thesis, that these indicate a very advanced development of the śālā-architecture, is again illustrated here. But Kāmikāgama does take śālās to be the residential houses for men; otherwise, tabooing the stone pillars and stone walls in the construction of the śālā buildings must not have come forth (vide second quotation). Because the use of stone in buildings for men was a very late introduction (cf. C. I. A. ch. XXVIII). This contention that śālā buildings were primarily meant to be human dwellings for men, is further supported by the Vāstu-Vidyā. It says :—