Dishavidhana, Diśāvidhāna, Disha-vidhana: 1 definition
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Dishavidhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Diśāvidhāna can be transliterated into English as Disavidhana or Dishavidhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Ajanta’s antiquity (vastu)Diśāvidhāna refers to “an old traditional Indian practice for ascertaining the direction of edifices”.—Diśā-vidhāna is still practiced by many Indians who wish to make edifices after the principles of vāstu. Many śilpa texts and vāstu śāstras provide comprehensive accounts of the procedure, method, and tools required for diśā-vidhāna. Often a śanku (gnomon) is pegged on earth on an auspicious date according to relevant almanac. The location of pegging is often the centre of the bhumi (plot) earmarked for construction. A small thread or rope is tied toward the top of the gnomon. A circle on earth is then made round it.
Now, after the sunrise on the day of diśā-vidhāna when the long shadows get shorter and touch the circle, the point of the periphery where the shadow touched is marked. The same act is repeated in the afternoon when the shadows start getting longer and touch the periphery of the circle again; that point too is marked. Then, the two points are aligned together with a straight line that may or may not be touching the centre of the circle. The line thus obtained is broadly east-west, and provides the desired orientation and axis of the edifice. A building made on that axis would face the exact angle discovered on the day of diśā-vidhāna. The sunrise of that day, every year, would invariably enter the depths of the edifice and light the interiors. Needless now to say that a similar practice of diśā-vidhāna must have been performed for discovering the axial orientation of the caityagṛha. We can also safely say that such a diśā-vidhāna must have been performed on the very day of Āṣāḍha Pūrṇimā.
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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