Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c6.10

v1.c6.10

| CHAPTER VI — Fundamental Canons of Hindū Architecture | ... | 179–224 |
| I. Diṅnirṇaya or Prācīsādhana | ... | 180–185 |
| II. Vāstu-pada-vinyāsa—The plan | .. | 185–205 |
| A general introduction | ... | 185–194 |
| Site-plans | ... | 194 |
| The plot of 81 squares | ... | 195 |
| The internal and external deities | ... | 195–202 |
| The Nighaṇṭus | .. | 202–205 |
| III. Māna—Hastalakṣaṇa | . . | 205–211 |
| Aṅgula | .. | 208–209 |
| Hasta | ... | 209–211 |
| IV. Āyādi Saḍvarga | ... | 211–217 |
| Mānasāra formula | ... | 215 |
| Formula of the other texts | ... | 215–217 |
| V. Patākādi Saṭ-chandas | ... | 217–224 |
| Meru | ... | 220 |
| Khaṇḍa Meru | ... | 221 |
| Patākā | ... | 221 |
| Sūcī | ... | 221–222 |
| Uddiṣṭa | ... | 222 |
| Naṣṭa | ... | 222–223 |
| The so-called Bathos of Dravidian Temples | ... | 223–224 |
| PART II | | |
| CANONS OF TOWN PLANNING | ... | 225–300 |
| Introductory | ... | 227–228 |
| CHAPTER I—Antiquity of Town Planning in India and Origin and Growth of Indian Towns. | ... | 229–242 |
| Antiquity | ... | 229–236 |
| Origin and growth of Indian Towns | ... | 236–242 |
| CHAPTER II—Villages, Towns and Forts in general | ... | 243–260 |
| Villages | ... | 243–250 |
| Village as a unit of town planning | ... | 244–246 |
| Viśvakarma--vāstu-śāstra | ... | 246–247 |
| Mānasāra | ... | 247–248 |
| Mayamata and Śilparatna | ... | 248–250 |
| Towns or Cities | ... | 250–256 |
| Viśvakarma-vāstu-śāstra | ... | 250 |
| Samarāṅgaṇa-sūtradhāra | ... | 251–52 |
| Aparājitapṛcchā | ... | 252–253 |
| Mānasāra | ... | 253 |
| Mayamata | ... | 253–256 |