Devatavibhaga, Devatāvibhāga, Devata-vibhaga: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)Devatāvibhāga (देवताविभाग) refers to “apportioning places for the Gods”, as discussed in chapter 7 of the Ādikāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.
Description of the chapter [devatāvibhāga]: The area around the precincts of the temple-site should be levelled, then in the middle a stake is driven down and, from it, the directions are fixed. With strings the limits of the space are marked out—whereupon Brahmins are fed (1-8). The place is cleared of refuse, during the course of which omens should be attended to (9-14). Then the vāstupuruṣa-figure is indicated on the ground in the form of a detailed diagram (15-30).
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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