Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c53.74

v1.c53.74

Now coming to the classification proper, it has already been pointed out that the śālā-buildings admit of ten broad classifications in the S.S., (vide Ch. 19, 21, 22, 23, 25). Kāmikāgama (already referred) is right when it says that they can be classified into any number (Yāvadiṣṭam Pragṛhyatām). The S.S. however, restricts it to only ten, for the simple reason that the people of divergent means and needs, from an humble dweller to his honoured and fortunate counter-part, can all be accommodated in them. These ten broad divisions are:—