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Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)Gravels are considered unsuitable elements for the construction site for Temples, according to Puranic lore such as the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa and 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.—Selection of proper site is very necessary for any construction. It is the prime and first duty of the constructor or the proprietor to find out a perfect land which should possess the required qualities. [...] The lands covered by [e.g., gravels, etc.] are not suitable for the construction of temples. Moreover, some inauspicious places are to be totally discarded for choosing a site for temple construction.
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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Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter LIX - Symptoms and Treatment of the defects of Urine (Mutra-dosha) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Chapter LV - Symptoms and Treatment of repression of natural urging (Udavarta) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Chapter LVIII - Symptoms and Treatment of suppression of Urine (Mutra-ghata) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 2: Nidanasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 3.2: Construction of the Uttaravedī < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 2.5: The Pravargya rite < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 4 - River and the topography of Vārāṇasī < [Chapter V - Rise of Vārāṇasī as a Nodal Centre]
Part 5 - Urban centres in South Bihar (b): Rajgir circle < [Chapter I - The Case Study of Rājagṛha]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 31 - Gopīs’ song (prayer for Kṛṣṇa’s return) < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 76 - Fight with Śālva < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 13 - The Saṃsāra—a forest: An allegory < [Book 5 - Fifth Skandha]