Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.3
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.3
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Various kinds of aṇḍakas are described. The author first takes the Mukhāṇḍaka and Vṛttāṇḍaka and then proceeds with other aṇḍakas Alasāṇḍaka etc. The first 4 lines being corrupt, it is difficult to reconstruct the authentic measurements of the Mukhāṇḍaka. Regarding the Vṛttāṇḍaka, the text lays down its proportions as consisting of Trikoṭi and its shape to be oval as its very name indicates and the Alasāṇḍaka in proportion of only half of the Golaka. The following table will show at a glance the respective sizes of the aṇḍakas in relation to the different species of the beings, men, women, children, gods and demi-gods.