The Sanskrit term Īśānagurudevapaddhati can be transliterated into English as Isanagurudevapaddhati or Ishanagurudevapaddhati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Google Books: Consecration Rituals In South Asia

Īśānagurudevapaddhati (ईशानगुरुदेवपद्धति) is the name of a text dealing with Jīrṇoddhāra (“temple renovation”).—Most of the ritual texts of Kerala [such as the Īśānagurudevapaddhati] concern temples. Very often they also contain a chapter, usually called jīrṇoddhāra (“renovation”) devoted to the renovation of temples, which also discusses the re-installation of a new liṅga or idol in the place of a damaged one. The Prayogamañjarī deals with jīrṇoddhāra in Vol. IV (pp. 612–615), (52 verses). Available edition(s): Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, Trivandrum, Kerala.

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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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