Samsthapanapatala, Saṃsthāpanapaṭala, Samsthapana-patala: 1 definition
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Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)Saṃsthāpanapaṭala (संस्थापनपटल) (lit., “section on the location”) (of shrines for the temple compound) is the name of chapter 15 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 [prāsādadevatā-saṃsthāpanapaṭala]: The chapter turns to the location and identity of the 4, 8 or 12 sub-shrines that surround the main shrine of a temple (1-16). [...]
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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