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Grāmādivinyāsa (ग्रामादिविन्यास) (lit. “chapter dealing with town-planning”) is the name of chapter 2 (Kriyāpāda) of the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—Description of the chapter [grāmādivinyāsa]:—Since a temple plays such an integral role in any village, and a village only finds its meaning as it is oriented about its temple, Bhagavān turns now to the science of town-planning [gramādisvarūpa]. Different types of towns are distinguished, according to what caste predominantly lives there, according to the lay-out of the streets and their number (1-16). A given village-site is divided into the four parts, brāhma, daiva, mānuṣa and paiśāca; in the first two should be the houses of Brahmans, the last (?) being allotted for temples, presumably in the center of the site. It is here, also, that the madhyavinyāsa (sc.: garbhavinyāsa)-ceremonies will be done—after doing which only may the site begin to be colonised and directions are given for their performance (17-27). Temples appropriately placed in a village (28f, 52bf.) surcharge the area with God’s presence and power. How to orient the temple toward the directions, what its shape will be, etc.—these are matters that depend upon the aspect of the Lord to be housed there (30-34); where to place temples to other deities in the city-plan is given along with how the rest of the town should be laid out (35-43, 54b-57a, 66b-70). The benefits for doing so are enumerated (47-54a, 71-73). A few places are prescribed for temple construction (44-45, 57b-51a). The leadership of worship in Vaiṣṇava, Śaiva and other temples is open only to certain qualified persons-they are described (61b-66a).
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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