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Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)Ten-storied Temples are denoted by the Sanskrit term Mandara and were build according to in ancient Indian architectural principles described in texts such as the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—Bhumikā means the storey of a temple. [...] In the 11th chapter of Mānasāra, the counting of storeys starts from one and ends with twelve. [...] According to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa the variety known as Mandara has ten storeys. [...] According to Mayamata, the height of a storey should be one hundred cubits and eight digits and according to Bṛhatsaṃhitā it should be three and a half cubits.
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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Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Chapter 28 - The ten-storeyed buildings (daśatala or daśabhūmi)
Chapter 11 - The dimension of buildings (bhūmilamba)
Part 5 - General survey (summary of contents) < [Preface]
Architectural data in the Puranas (by Sharda Devi)
Height of Building < [Chapter 6 - Houses]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Temples of Purushottama Kshetra Puri (by Ratnakar Mohapatra)
2. Jagannatha Temple architecture (1): The Vimana < [Chapter 3 - Lord Jagannatha Temple]