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Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.76

Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.76

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v1.c55.76

These were well decorated. Their dimensions (indicated in Ch. 33.22) are one Kiṣku in Āyāma and three Kiṣkus in Vistāra. These Sthānas are always to be laid facing either to the East or to the North. Again they are so constructed that their ūrdhva-bhāgas—the frontal parts should have the higher levels than those of hinder ones. Further again they should be quadrangular in shape.