Vanayagapatala, Vanayāgapaṭala, Vanayaga-patala: 1 definition
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Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)Vanayāgapaṭala (वनयागपटल) (lit., “section concerning rites done outside”) is the name of chapter 16 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 [vanayāgapaṭala]: When stones are to be collected, it is to be preceded by a particular ritual performed (in a forest?). Auspicious days for the commencement of this rite are suggested (1-2a). The rites are to be preceded by a narasiṃhapūjā and other preliminaries (25-10) whereupon, in the forest (or wherever the stone is to be quarried?) homa and sprinkling the rock with water and other rituals are done to the rock previously selected. Narasiṃha is invoked while lingering spirits are asked to leave, and after a night of fasting and sleep the Ācārya with the Śilpins takes the stone-cutting instruments and goes to the stone-bed selected. Facing either North or East the Śilpin then cuts out a generous piece (II-44). Similarly, when wood is going to be used, it also deserves to be done with all rituals observed. The wood or stone is carried back to the site of the temple and there, north of the prāsāda, it is put in a workroom, and fashioning of it is begun (45-50).
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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