The Sanskrit term Vistārāyamalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Vistarayamalaksana or Vistarayamalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: eScholarship: The descent of scripture: a history of the Kamikagama (vastu)

Vistārāyamalakṣaṇa (विस्तारायमलक्षण) refers to the “rules for measurements of width and length”, according to the Kāmikāgama: an ancient Śaiva Āgama scripture in 12,000 Sanskrit verses dating to at least the 5th century and represented as an encyclopedic account of ritual instructions (kriyāpāda).—In modern print editions, the Kāmika-āgama is structured in two major parts. The Pūrvabhāga consists of 75 chapters (paṭalas) [...] Chapters 9 to 34 present a general account of the principles and preliminary rites for the construction of temples, houses, buildings, and settlements. [...] Chapter 20 presents an account of the characteristics of villages and other settlements. In Chapter 21, we find rules for measurements of width and length (vistārāyamalakṣaṇa).

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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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Partial matches: Lakshana, Vistarayama.

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