Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c58.s3: Building Plans

Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c58.s3

Language: English

Building Plans

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**Prastāra :** It is through the prastāra that we determine the different locations in a building. How to work out prastāra? (refer to the body of the work page 318). Let us illustrate some specimens :

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The Prastāra of 4 Gurūs :

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| 1. | s s s s | 9. | s s s l |
| 2. | l s s s | 10. | l s s l |
| 3. | s l s s | 11. | s l s l |
| 4. | l l s s | 12. | l l s l |
| 5. | s s l s | 13. | s s l l |
| 6. | l s l s | 14. | l s l l |
| 7. | s l l s | 15. | s l l l |
| 8. | l l l s | 16. | l l l l |

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The implication of this prastāra is that out of these 16 houses so worked out from the stand point of the orientation etc. some houses have no alinda at all some only one alinda others two, three and four alindas. Let us illustrate it, in some specific examples of Ekaśāla house, the notation of which in the Rāja Vallabba is 5 gurūs :

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*N.B. Similarly so many other specimens can be worked out. Needless to multiply.*

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The Prastārā of 8 Gurūs :

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(Giving rise to 256 rūpas vide Catuśśala Houses)

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| 1. | s s s s s s s s | 33. | s s s s s l s s |
| 2. | l s s s s s s s | 34. | l s s s s l s s |
| 3. | s l s s s s s s | 35. | s l s s s l s s |
| 4. | l l s s s s s s | 36. | l l s s s l s s |
| 5. | s s l s s s s s | 37. | s s l s s l s s |
| 6. | l s l s s s s s | 38. | l s l s s l s s |
| 7. | s l l s s s s s | 39. | s l l s s l s s |
| 8. | l l l s s s s s | 40. | l l l s s l s s |
| 9. | s s s l s s s s | 41. | s s s l s l s s |
| 10. | l s s l s s s s | 42. | l s s l s l s s |
| 11. | s l s l s s s s | 43. | s l s l s l s s |
| 12. | l l s l s s s s | 44. | l l s l s l s s |
| 13. | s s l l s s s s | 45. | s s l l s l s s |
| 14. | l s l l s s s s | | |
| 15. | s l l l s s s s | | |
| 16. | l l l l s s s s | | |
| 17. | s s s s l s s s | | |
| 18. | l s s s l s s s | | |
| 19. | s l s s l s s s | | |
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| 22. | l s l s l s s s | | |
| 23. | s l l s l s s s | | |
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| 26. | l s s l l s s s | | |
| 27. | s l s l l s s s | | |
| 28. | l l s l l s s s | | |
| 29. | s s l l l s s s | | |
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| 31. | s l l l l s s s | | |
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N.B. Go on working like this till all become laghus:
256. l l l l l l l l

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N.B. (i) As already pointed out that among these 256 rūpas the principal criterion is Bhadra application — vibhadra, eka-bhadra, dvibhadra, tribhadra, caturbhadra, pañcabhadra, ṣaḍ-bhadra, saptabhadra and aṣṭa-bhadra & accordingly their rūpas being 1, 8, 28, 56, 70, 56, 28, 8 and 1 respectively and totalling 256.

Cites (1)

Paryāyaratnamālā — Mādhavakara, Sanskrit