The Sanskrit term Mahāpīṭhapratiṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Mahapithapratistha or Mahapithapratishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)

Mahāpīṭhapratiṣṭhā (महापीठप्रतिष्ठा) (lit. “installation of the mahapīṭha”) is the name of chapter 35 of the Viṣvaksenasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 2800 Sanskrit verses dealing with theological matters, image-worship, iconography (relating to pratimā-icons) and the construction of temples.

Description of the chapter [mahāpīṭhapratiṣṭhā]: Viṣvaksena turns here to where the various parivāradevatās are to be placed in the temple-precincts in relation to the main shrine (1-3)—but he does not mention names nor give other details. Thereupon the narrative shifts to the matter of constructing the balipīṭha (4-16), and of a two-day prokṣaṇa-rite initiating this balipīṭha into use (17-37).

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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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Partial matches: Pratishtha, Mahapitha.

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