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In Hinduism
1. Vastushastra
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Dormer window 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.

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)

The Dormer Window of the Temple (in ancient Indian architecture) is denoted by Sanskrit term Candraśālā, according to 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.—Candraśālā means a kind of window which refers to a dormer window. The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa says that candraśālā is the exalted part in a temple which should be made on the doors and it beautifies the doors of the temple. It instructs that the temple should have separately four candraśālās on the top of the four doors. According to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā, the roof of a temple must have three candraśālās i.e., dormer windows.

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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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5. Different Parts of a Temple < [Chapter 4 - Temple Building]

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Chapter 38 - The doorways (dvāra-sthāna)

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