The Sanskrit terms Viśvasraṣṭṛ and Viśvasraṣṭā can be transliterated into English as Visvasrastr or Vishvasrashtri or Visvasrasta or Vishvasrashta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: McGill: The architectural theory of the Mānasāra

Viśvasraṣṭā (विश्वस्रष्टा) refers to the western face of Viśvakarman.—According to the Mānasāra II.2-4, the proper name of the deity is Viśvakarman (which means “forger of the universe”), of which lokakṛt, meaning “world-maker,” is a synonym. [...] Viśvakarman is said to he born with four faces. Each face has a name that signifies a particular role which seems to be an attempt ta further delineate the different aspects of the grand process of cosmic generation. Thus, the eastern face is called viśvabhū, literally, “the world-born one”, here to mean the one who grants the world its existence; the southern face, viśvavid, “the world-knowing one”; the northern face, viśvastha, “the world-establishing one”; and the western face, viśvasraṣṭā, “the one who is maker of the world”. From the eastern face of Viśvakarman was born (also) Viśvakarman; from the southern face, Maya; from the northern face, Tvaṣṭṛ; and from the western face, Manu. The four members of the builder’s guild, namely sthapati, “master-builder”, sūtragrāhin, “cord-bearer”, vardhaki, “stone-cutter”, and takṣaka, “carpenter”, are said to he sons of Viśvakarman, Maya, Tvaṣṭṛ and Manu respectively.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viśvasraṣṭṛ (विश्वस्रष्टृ).—m.

(-ṣṭā) The creator of all. E. viśva, sraṣṭṛ creator.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viśvasraṣṭṛ (विश्वस्रष्टृ):—[=viśva-sraṣṭṛ] [from viśva] m. creator of the universe, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viśvasraṣṭṛ (विश्वस्रष्टृ):—[viśva-sraṣṭṛ] (ṣṭā) 4. m. Creator.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Srashtri, Srashta, Vishva.

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Full-text: Vishvabhu, Vishvavid, Vishvastha.

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