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Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)The Staircase of a Temple was commonly decorated with a pair of Lions (in ancient Indian architecture), according to literature such as the Bṛhatsaṃhitā and 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.—According to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā, two images of doorkeepers should be placed in a temple and the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa says that both sides of the steps of a temple should be decorated with the statue of two lions. The Sun temple of Konark is a great example of this Architecture as two statues of lions can be noticed in both the sides of the staircase.
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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Full-text (+98): Sopana, Nihshrayani, Arohana, Trikhandakara, Ardhagomutra, Nihshreni, Jina, Sopanaphalaka, Dadara, Sidi, Adhirohin, Vallimandala, Shankhamandala, Nishrayani, Dvikhanda, Hastihasta, Sopanatva, Erusuttu, Sopanasisa, Bharyana.
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Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Chapter 30 - The twelve-storeyed buildings (dvādaśatala or dvādaśabhūmi)
Chapter 69 - The penalties for defective construction (aṅga-dūṣaṇa)
Chapter 20 - The two-storeyed buildings (dvitala or dvibhūmi)
Egypt Through The Stereoscope (by James Henry Breasted)
Position 81 - The Pylons And The Court Of The Temple Of Horus At Edfu (looking East To The Nile) < [Standpoints In Egypt]
Position 49 - The Moslem Mosque In The Court Of Ramses Ii, At Luxor Temple, Thebes < [Standpoints In Egypt]
Position 55 - Avenue Of Sacred Rams, Leading From The River To The Western Entrance Of The Karnak Temple (after Excavation) < [Standpoints In Egypt]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 6 - Archaeological Layout of the Monastic Site (of Nalanda) < [Chapter III - Nālandā: Evidence for rise and progress of the settlement]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - Buddha’s sermon to the Trāyastriṃśa gods < [Chapter XLII - The Great Loving-kindness and the Great Compassion of the Buddhas]
Mahāsudassana-suttanta < [Part 14 - Generosity and the other virtues]
Part 1 - What is the virtue of morality (śīlapāramitā) < [Chapter XXIII - The Virtue of Morality]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
4. Fourteen types of Samāśra (Square) Maṇḍapas < [Chapter 4 - Maṇḍapa Lakṣaṇa]
7. The Shapes and Embellishments of the Gopuras < [Chapter 5 - Gopura Lakṣaṇa]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.2.14 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Abode of Śrī Goloka]
Verse 1.2.50 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Abode of Śrī Goloka]
Verse 5.5.26 < [Chapter 5 - Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance Into Mathurā]