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Text category: ŚILPA & VĀSTU
Mayamata
Mayamata moves in sequence — site examination, the mandala, the module, then village and town, houses, and finally temple form and iconography. Its strength is that each stage…
Mānasāra
Seventy chapters run from the qualities of the architect through site, mandala, town, house, palace and temple to furniture and vehicles. Dimension is everywhere derived: a module is…
Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra
It covers city form, palaces, houses, temples in the Nāgara idiom, painting and sculpture — and, famously, a chapter on yantras, mechanical devices from water-lifts to automata. The…
Viśvakarma Vāstuśāstra
Manuscripts under this title vary considerably by region, which makes the corpus a good illustration of how a “text” in this tradition can be a living compilation. Shared…