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Originating in ancient India, Vastu Shastra (Sanskrit: वास्तु शास्त्र, vāstu śāstra – literally "science of architecture" [2]) is a traditional Hindu system of architecture [3] [4] based on ancient texts that describe principles of design, layout, measurements, ground preparation, space arrangement, and spatial ...
It includes a discussion of vastu mandalas (chapters 11–15). Others are practical manuals on architecture and construction; for example, house (chapter 37), soil preparation (chapter 8), wood and timber for carpentry (chapter 16), laying bricks (chapter 41) and others. Later chapters (70–83) are dedicated to sculpture and painting. [5] [note 2]
(8.21) Next, the eight virtues of the self: (8.22) Compassion towards all creatures, patience, lack of envy, purity, tranquillity, having a positive disposition, generosity, and lack of possessiveness. (8.23) A man who has performed the forty sanskaras but lacks these eight virtues does not obtain union with Brahman. (8.24)
Vastu shastra is a traditional Indian system of architecture [6] which literally translates to "science of architecture". [7] These are texts found on the Indian subcontinent that describe principles of design, layout, measurements, ground preparation, space arrangement, and spatial geometry.
John Jurasek (born 1997 or 1998), [2] better known online as TheReportOfTheWeek or Reviewbrah, is an American YouTube personality, food critic and radio host.Jurasek reviews fast food, frozen meals, and energy drinks on his YouTube channel of the same name, and hosts a radio show on shortwave radio, Spotify, TuneIn, and SoundCloud.
The Mānasāra, also known as Manasa or Manasara Shilpa Shastra, is an ancient Sanskrit treatise on Indian architecture and design. [4] Organized into 70 adhyayas (chapters) and 10,000 shlokas (verses), [5] it is one of many Hindu texts on Shilpa Shastra – science of arts and crafts – that once existed in 1st-millennium CE. [6]
The literature of Kashmir Shaivism is divided under three categories: Agama shastra, Spanda shastra, and Pratyabhijna shastra. [44] In addition to these agamas, Kashmir Shaivism further relies on exegetical work developing Vasugupta 's (850 AD) influential Shiva Sutras that inaugurated the spanda tradition [ 45 ] [ 44 ] and Somananda's (875 ...
Shastra (Sanskrit: शास्त्र, romanized: Śāstra pronounced) is a Sanskrit word that means "precept, rules, manual, compendium, book or treatise" in a general sense. [1] The word is generally used as a suffix in the Indian literature context, for technical or specialized knowledge in a defined area of practice.