The Sanskrit term Mūrdheṣṭakāvidhi can be transliterated into English as Murdhestakavidhi or Murdheshtakavidhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Vastushastra (architecture)

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

Mūrdheṣṭakāvidhi (मूर्धेष्टकाविधि) refers to the “rules for placement of the roof-bricks”, as discussed in chapter 9 (Kriyāpāda) of the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—Description of the chapter [mūrdheṣṭakāvidhi-vimānadevatākalpana]: The chapter opens with brief mention and explanation of nagara, drāmiḍa and vesara types of temples (1-3). Then the narrative turns to the ritual complementary to that of laying the “first bricks” (see chapter 5), namely the “last bricks” or mūrdheṣṭakā-ceremonies. First, four (neuter) bricks are placed on an altar atop a heap of grains, and after appropriate worship of ritual pots, fire-offerings and śāntihomas are done. The Ācārya, the Yajamāna and an especially selected assistant, after spending a night in vigil, ritually bathe the four bricks the next morning with the contents of 25 pots. Ṛtviks, invited for the occasion, carry the bricks with great ceremony to the vimāna where the assistant places them one by one into the (top of the) structure (4-20b). After this, the Ācārya is richly rewarded, and he in turn pays off and discharges the carpenters [rathakāra]. (21-23) [...]

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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: Murdheshtaka, Vidhi, Viti.

Starts with: Murdheshtakavidhivimanadevatakalpana.

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