Devatamandapa, Devata-mandapa, Devatāmaṇḍapa: 1 definition
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Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)Devatāmaṇḍapa (देवतामण्डप) refers to one of the four kinds of Maṇḍapas (“pavilion”) of the Hindu Temple, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—Maṇḍapa means the pavilion of a temple. The height of the maṇḍapa is fixed with nine tāla according to the Mayamata. In the Suprabhedāgama, four kinds of maṇḍapas are mentioned and devatāmaṇḍapa is regarded as the first one. [...]
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
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