Vastuvidya, Vāstuvidyā, Vastu-vidya: 12 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVāstuvidya (वास्तुविद्य):—(vom folgenden) adj. die Baukunst betreffend u. s. w. gaṇa ṛgayanādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 73.]
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Vāstuvidyā (वास्तुविद्या):—f. Baukunst gaṇa ṛgayanādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 73.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2029.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, S. 7, Z. 1.] [ 34. fgg.] [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 266.] [Oxforder Handschriften 217,a,12.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vidya, Vastu.
Starts with: Vastuvidyakushala.
Full-text (+605): Bhagyapanca, Mritanandana, Vastuvidyakushala, Ratrinatha, Manabhadraka, Yamabhadra, Buddhisankirna, Nakshatrapatinandana, Ghrishtinetra, Grihakshata, Nyastavya, Kotapala, Jayavaha, Pushpabhadra, Prithvidhara, Kota, Pancabhadra, Kshatrin, Daityapurodhas, Kolakhya.
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Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 5 - Pre-Samarāṅgana Classification of Temples
Chapter 6 - General remarks (on temple-classification)
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Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) (by D. N. Shukla)
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system (by Babu C. D)
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
4. A General Note on Architecture < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
3. A General Note on Art < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
3. Temple Architecture (Prāsāda or Vimānā) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
1. About the Author Kāśyapa (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - Author and his Works]
2 (b). Vāstuśāstra texts < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]