Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.28
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.28
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The fortified and well defended palace with its gates and Gopuras together with Pakṣadvāras and Bhramas, the enclosing cloisters has emerged in its full glory facing towards the East. Its varieties however, though enumerated to be as many as four, have not been explained. Perhaps these names were so common that the author did not deem it necessary to point out their relative distinctions. They are as follows:—