VASTU SHASTRA

The Samarangana Sutradhara is a voluminous treatise that covers a wide range of topics, including architecture, sculpture, painting, and town planning. It also includes discussions of Hindu philosophies and legends. 

Topics covered in the Samarangana Sutradhara

  • Architecture: Includes chapters on house architecture, temple architecture, and town planning 
  • Sculpture: Includes chapters on iconography, iconometry, and iconoplastic art 
  • Painting: Includes chapters on the canons of painting 
  • Construction: Includes chapters on soil preparation, wood and timber, and laying bricks 
  • Mechanical contrivances: Includes a chapter on the construction of aerial cars and robots 
  • Hindu philosophies: Includes verses on Hindu philosophies such as Samkhya and Vedanta 
  • Hindu legends: Includes chapters that include Hindu legends such as of sleeping Vishnu 
  • Vastu mandalas: Includes chapters on vastu mandalas 

The Samarangana Sutradhara is composed in poetic verses and is attributed to King Bhoja of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the most complete lists and descriptions of Indian temple designs as they existed by the 11th century. 

Vikas P Deshpande

M. E. Civil, Structural consultant

Vastu, Astro Vastu and Feng Shui CONSULTANT

0434681647, deshpandevikas@gmail.com

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