Samsthapanapatala, Saṃsthāpanapaṭala, Samsthapana-patala: 1 definition

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Vastushastra (architecture)

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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). [...]

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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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