The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s5.23

c13.s5.23

A very common name for treatises on building is *vāstuvidyā* or *vāstuśāstra*. They may be said to specialize in architecture, although sculpture also comes in for treatment. Very often *vāstuśāstra* and *śilpaśāstra* have to be taken almost as convertible terms. Perhaps in any case we should treat the *śilpaśāstras* as somewhat wider in scope and more generic in nature.