Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.8
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.8
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**Śilpa-Śāstra.**—Śilpa-Śāstra is of hoary antiquity. It is one of the auxilliary sciences of the Vedas themselves. Sthāpatya is an Upaveda as Gandharva Veda is one. Some of the Āchāryas of the science are Vedic Ṛṣis and a reference to them has already been given in the first chapter, vide Dr. Raghvan's quotation—some Sanskrit texts on Painting. Among the other notable treatises important mention has also been made in the writer's 'Hindu Science of Architecture' treating this subject.