Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.38
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.38
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After this plan of the palace in its minutest of requirements, we are better fitted to go to the next chapter on the subject in which the varieties of palaces have been dealt with It may be pointed out here that Palace Architecture and Temple Architecture, for all practical purposes, are the same except that in a temple so many pavilions and so much of fortifications are not needed; otherwise the broad outlines are identical. The S.S. itself compares a palace to the seat of gods—the temple in the following beautiful verse :