Kheta, Kheṭa, Kheṭā: 33 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Kheṭa (खेट) is a Sanskrit technical term translating to “hamlet”, or, a small village inhabited by agricultural peasants. It is used throughout Vāstuśāstra literature.
Kheṭa (खेट) is another name for Town (grāma), according to the ninth chapter of the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—Description of the chapter [grāmavinyāsa]:—The rewards of town planning are great; moreover, by planning a town properly one sees to the construction of temples and, consequently, to the worship of God. Towns are called by several names: [e.g., kheṭa] [...] Once a plot for a town is selected certain steps must then be taken: procession to the place, bali-offerings, setting up pegs and strings, etc. (4-9a). Various types of towns are named according to their lay-out of streets. [...]
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kheṭā (खेटा) is the name of a mind-born ‘divine mother’ (mātṛ), created for the purpose of drinking the blood of the Andhaka demons, according to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.8. The Andhaka demons spawned out of every drop of blood spilled from the original Andhakāsura (Andhaka-demon). According to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.35, “Most terrible they (e.g., Kheṭā) all drank the blood of those Andhakas and become exceedingly satiated.”
The Matsyapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 20,000 metrical verses, dating from the 1st-millennium BCE. The narrator is Matsya, one of the ten major avatars of Viṣṇu.
1) Kheṭa (खेट).—A small village.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 91. 30.
2) Kheṭā (खेटा).—A mind-born mother.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 179. 17.
3) Kheta (खेत).—A smaller division than a Kharvaṭa.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 2. 13.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Kheṭa (खेट) or Kheṭamudrā refers to one of the 37 Mudrās (hand-gestures) described in chapter 7 of the Viṣṇusaṃhitā: a Sanskrit text written in 2600 verses which covers typical Pāñcarātra topics through a narrative dialogue between Aupagāyana and Siddha Sumati.—[Cf. the chapter mudrā-lakṣaṇa].
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
General definition (in Hinduism)
1) Kheṭa (Town): A kheṭa covers an area of half a yojana (1 yojana = ~13km).
2) Kheta (खेत) is a Sanskrit word for a weapon translating to “club”. Sculptures or other depictions of Hindu dieties are often seen holden this weapon in their hand.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Kheṭa (खेट, “saliva ”) (Pali, Khela) refers to one of the thirty-substances of the human body according to the Visuddhimagga, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra mentions thirty-six substances [viz., kheṭa]; the Sanskrit sources of both the Lesser and the Greater Vehicles, physical substances are 26 in number while the Pāli suttas list thirty-once substances.
Kheṭa (खेट) refers to “spittle”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “Then the Bodhisattva named Kālarāja addressed himself to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘In this Saha universe, son of good family, there are living beings suffering from poverty, lacking food or drink, and wearing ragged clothes; there are hungry ghosts tormented by hunger and thirst, covering themselves with their hairs, and subsisting on such as spittle (kheṭa), mucus, blood, and pus. In order to protect these living beings, please pour down the rain of food, drink, and clothing!’ [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Kheṭa (खेट) refers to a “shield” and represents one of the items held in the left hand of Heruka: one of the main deities of the Herukamaṇḍala described in the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Heruka is positioned in the Lotus (padma) at the center; He is the origin of all heroes; He has 17 faces (with three eyes on each) and 76 arms [holding, for example, kheṭa]; He is half black and half green in color; He is dancing on a flaming sun placed on Bhairava and Kālarātrī.
Kheṭa (खेट) or “saliva” is associated with Cakravartiṇī and Vairocana, according to the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".
Associated elements of Cakravartiṇī and Vairocana:
Circle: kāyacakra (body-wheel) (white);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Cakravartiṇī;
Ḍāka (male consort): Vairocana;
Bīja: maṃ;
Body-part: toes;
Pīṭha: Maru;
Bodily constituent: kheṭa (saliva);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): samyaksaṃkalpa (right intention).
Kheṭa (खेट) refers to a “village”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “Now, [the Blessed One] has taught [holy sites] such as the śmaśāna and upaśmaśāna in sequence. [...] (9) Mummunī is a śmaśāna [site] Caritra, Harikela, and Māyāpurī are also the śmaśāna [sites]. (10) The upaśmaśāna [sites] are the base of a mountain, a dead village (manna-kheṭa), Surapura, and Karṇāṭapāṭaka. [...] Girls who are in these places are of [the nature of] the innate, born in their own birthplaces. [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Kheṭa (खेट) refers to “towns with earthen walls”, as mentioned in chapter 1.4 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly:
“Bharata shone like the moon, because of his form giving delight to the eyes; like the sun, because of his brilliance hard to endure; like the ocean whose center is inaccessible changed into human form; like dharma of mankind that had attained lordship over mankind. [...] He was tax-lord of twenty thousand mines, and governor of sixteen thousand towns with earthen walls (kheṭa). [...]”.
Note: These definitions (i.e., kheṭa) are from Kalpasūtra (Kiraṇāvalī commentary) 1. 88, p. 73b.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Kheṭa (खेट) is a word denoting a ‘village’ or ‘hamlet’ and can be seen as a synonym for grāma, often used in inscriptions.—Terms such as kheṭa are in many cases, associated with the names of the villages so as to become the ending part of the different place-names. Inscriptions throw light on the location of the villages in different ways. Firstly, they communicate us an idea about the country, the division and the sub-division to which these villages belonged. Secondly, the inscriptions provide information regarding theboundaries of the donated villages.
Kheṭa (खेट) or Kheḍa is analogous to Kheṭṭa: the Prakrit form of Kṣetra: a name-ending for place-names mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions (reigned from 3rd century CE). Analogous to kheṭṭa is the word ‘kheḍa’ or ‘kheṭa’ which means ‘a city surrounded by rivers and mountains’. Kheṭa meaning ‘a small hamlet’ is also found in Pāṇini (VI. 2. 126). The Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra defines ‘kheṭa’ as the half of a city and the grāma as the half of a ‘kheṭa’. According to Monier Williams kheṭa means a village, residence of peasants and farmers, small town (half of a pura).
Lele considers Kheṭa or Kheṭaka to be the dialectic form of the word ‘kṣetra’. The original meaning of kheṭaka or kheṭa was an enclosure for cattle. In the course of time the pastoral camp grew into an agricultural village, and the word kheṭaka came to include agricultural village.
Kheṭa.—(IE 8-5), a village or hamlet. Note: kheṭa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
kheṭa : (nt.) a shield.
Kheṭa, (cp. Sk. kheṭaka) a shield: see kīṭa. (Page 238)
kheṭa (ခေဋ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[khiṭa+ṇa．khiṭa uttāsane,kheṭati,ākheṭako,kheṭo．nīti,dhā．52．]
[ခိဋ+ဏ။ ခိဋ ဥတ္တာသနေ၊ ခေဋတိ၊ အာခေဋကော၊ ခေဋော။ နီတိ၊ဓာ။၅၂။]
[Pali to Burmese]
kheṭa—
(Burmese text): ထိတ်လန့်ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Fear.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
khēṭa (खेट).—f A wedge or a chip to tighten in or make fast. 2 A rendezvous; an appointed meeting or an appointed place or time or meeting. v pāḷa, sambhāḷa, ṭharava, ṭhara. 3 See khēṭā Sig. I. & II.
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khēṭā (खेटा).—m (khēṭaṇēṃ) A periodical resort to a holy place or an idol. v kara, ghāla. Hence (used pl as khēṭē) continual trips or visits to: also a fruitless going to and fro; empty trips. v ghāla, kara. 2 R Crowdedness or press; crowded, jammed, or stuffed state.
khēṭa (खेट).—f A wedge to make fast; a rendezvous.
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khēṭā (खेटा).—m A periodical resort to a holy place. Empty trips. Crowded state.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Kheṭa (खेट).—a. [khe aṭati, aṭ-ac; khiṭ-ac vā] Having a weapon, armed.
-ṭaḥ 1 A village, small town or hamlet; Bhāgavata 1.6.11.
2) Phlegm.
3) The club of Balarāma.
4) A horse.
-ṭaḥ, -ṭam 1 Hunting, chase.
2) A shield.
-ṭam 1 Grass.
2) Hide, skin. (N. B.:At the end of comp. kheṭa expresses 'defectiveness' or 'deterioration', & may be rendered by 'miserable', 'low', 'vile', 'wretched' &c.; nāgarakheṭam a miserable town.)
3) A village; नगराद्योजनं खेटं खेटाद् ग्रामोऽर्धयोजनम् (nagarādyojanaṃ kheṭaṃ kheṭād grāmo'rdhayojanam) (brahmānaṃda pu. Part I, II anuṣaṃgapāda Ch.7.V.III.); खेटानि धूलिप्राकारोपेतानि (kheṭāni dhūliprākāropetāni) | (praśnavyākaraṇasūtravyākhyāne).
4) A village of cultivators; Rājadharmakaustubha, G. O. S. 72, P.12.
5) A village two miles long; Bibliotheca Indica 274, Fase. I. p.145.
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Kheṭa (खेट).—See under ख (kha).
Kheṭa (खेट).—mfn.
(-ṭaḥ-ṭā-ṭaṃ) 1. Vile, bad, low. 2. Armed, having a weapon or weapons. mn.
(-ṭaḥ-ṭaṃ) Hunting, the chase; also ākheṭa m.
(-ṭaḥ) 1. A shield. 2. A village, the residence of peasants or farmers. 3. A small town, half the Pura or town. 4. The club of Balarama. 5. Phlegm, the phlegmatic or watery humour. 6. The ascending node or Rahu. 7. A horse. n.
(-ṭaṃ) Grass. E. khiṭ to terrify, &c. affix ghañ
Kheṭa (खेट).—m. A village, Mahābhārata 3, 13220.
Kheṭa (खेट).—[masculine] [neuter] a kind of village or small town, shield (also ka); [masculine] phlegm; adj. low, vile, wretched ([especially] —°).
1) Kheṭa (खेट):—[=khe-ṭa] [from khe > kha] 1. khe-ṭa m. ‘moving in the air’, a planet
2) [v.s. ...] the ascending node or Rāhu, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) 2. kheṭa m. a village, residence of peasants and farmers, small town (half a Pura, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]), [Mahābhārata iii, 13220; Jaina literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Viṣṇu-purāṇa] : the phlegmatic or watery humor of the body, phlegm, [Caraka iv, 4]
4) snot, glanders, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) a horse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) the club of Balarāma, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) mn. hunting, chase (cf. ā-kheṭa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) a shield, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi i, 5, 529] ([Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]) and 532 ([Bṛhan-nāradīya-purāṇa, 38 adhyāya]), [; ii, 1]
9) (ifc.) expressing defectiveness or deterioration ([Pāṇini 6-2, 126]; e.g. nagara-, ‘a miserable town’ [ib.; Kāśikā-vṛtti]; upānat-, ‘a miserable shoe’ [ib.; Kāśikā-vṛtti]; muni-, ‘a miserable sage’ [Bālarāmāyaṇa ii])
10) n. grass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) mfn. low, vile, [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra xxxiv, 109]
12) n. armed, [Horace H. Wilson]
13) a See 3. kha, p. 334, col. 3.
Kheṭa (खेट):—(ṭaḥ) 1. m. A shield; a village; phlegm; a club; ascending node; a horse. m. n. The chase. n. Grass. a. Low, vile; armed.
Kheṭa (खेट):—
1) m. Dorf [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 972.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 87.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 10.] nagarāṇi kheṭān janapadāṃstathā [Mahābhārata 3, 13220.] kheṭakharvaṭavāṭīḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 6, 11. 4, 18, 31. 7, 2, 14.] puragrāmākarakheṭavāṭaśiviravrajaghoṣa [5, 5, 30.] —
2) m. Schleim, Phlegma, (kapha) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 105.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Rotz [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 95.] Vgl. khaṭa . —
3) m. Jagd [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] n. nach dem Sch. zu [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 3, 30.] Vgl. ākheṭa . —
4) m. n. Schild [Medinīkoṣa] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] = sphāra (wohl sphara; vgl. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 783).] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] Vgl. kheṭaka . —
5) m. Pferd (ghoṭaka) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] Diese Bed. beruht wohl auf einer falschen Auffassung von arvant . —
6) die Keule Balarāma’s; diese Bed. beruht auf der v.l. sunandaka für sunindaka bei [VIŚVA,] [Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. kheṭaka, welches durch vasunandaka erklärt wird. —
7) kheṭa am Ende eines comp. einen Tadel ausdrückend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 126.] m. [Gaṇaratnamahodadui] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 53] nagarakheṭam eine elende Stadt [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 126,] [Scholiast] kheṭa adj. = adhama, arvant, hīna [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 4.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1443.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = sunindaka [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] In dem oben angeführten Beispiele würde Bed. 1 einen genügenden Sinn geben; sollte das Wort aber auch mit andern Begriffen verbunden werden, so könnte man an Schleim, Rotz denken. — [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] hat noch folgende zwei Bedeutungen: a) adj. armed, having a weapon or weapons angebl. nach [Medinīkoṣa] — b) n. Gras (vgl. khaṭa, kheḍa) nach [Śabdaratnāvalī]
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Kheṭa (खेट):—(khe, loc. von kha, + aṭa) m. Planet [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 260.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 844.] yasminrāśau sthitaḥ kheṭastena taṃ paripūrayet [BHĀVAVIVEKA im Śabdakalpadruma] the ascending node or Rāhu [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] unter kheṭa, in Folge einer falschen Auffassung von graha .
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Kheṭa (खेट):—
1) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 9, 28.] — Vgl. kheḍa .
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Kheṭa (खेट):—, karman Planetenberechnung [Oxforder Handschriften 327,a, No. 774.]
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Kheṭa (खेट):—
2) schleimige Masse (der Embryo im ersten Monat) [CARAKA 4, 4.]
Kheṭa (खेट):——
1) m. n. — a) ein von Landbauern bewohntes Dorf (Comm. zu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa] ). [Viṣṇupurāṇa 5,2,13.] halb so gross wie pura [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,288,8.] — b) Schild [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,237,15,23.2,a.94,5.99,13.] *m. *n. — c) *Jagd. — d) am Ende eines Comp. als Ausdruck eines Tadels. muni [Bālarāmāyaṇa 37,17.] vaikhānasa [47,9.] kṣatriya [111,11.] *n. —
2) m. — a) Schleim , Phlegma [Carakasaṃhitā 4,4.] — b) *Rotz. — c) *Pferd. — d) *die Keule Balarāma's. —
3) *n. Gras. —
4) Adj. — a) niedrig , gemein [Bhāratīyanāṭyaśāstra 34,109.] — b) *bewaffnet.
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Kheṭa (खेट):—m. —
1) Planet. —
2) *Beiname Rāhu's.
Kheṭa (खेट) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kheḍa.
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Hindi dictionary
Kheta (खेत) [Also spelled khet]:—(nm) a field, farm; -[ānā] see —[kheta rahanā; —para caḍhe kisānī] it is the harvest that proves the farmer;—[badanā] to fix a bout, to have it out; —[rahanā] to be killed in action, to bite the dust.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Khēṭa (ಖೇಟ):—
1) [noun] a village or a small town.
2) [noun] the thick, stringy mucus secreted by the mucous glands of the respiratory tract and discharged from the throat, as during a cold; phlegm.
3) [noun] a high, broad, level region by the side of a mountain; a tableland.
4) [noun] a flat, usu. broad, piece of metal, wood, etc., carried in the hand or worn on the forearm to ward off blows or missiles; a shield.
5) [noun] a moving in the sky.
6) [noun] the act or a person or animal that hunts; hunting.
7) [noun] that which is bad, inferior or vile.
8) [noun] a wicked, sinful man; a sinner.
9) [noun] any of various plants of the grass family that are usu. used for food, fodder or grazing and as lawns.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Kheta (खेत):—n. 1. a field for harvest; cultivated field; 2. a measurement of land comprising of around; 2.5. ropanis;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 104 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 494 < [Gujarati-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 450 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 1]
Phaladeepika by Mantreswara (text and translation) (by Panditabhushana V. Subrahmanya Sastri)
Chapter 4 - Determination of the Shadbalas of Planets
Chapter 9 - Effect of Mesha and other signs happening to be the Lagna
Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 10 - The Selection of the Site (Bhūmiparīkṣā)
Chapter 2 - The Dialogue Between Father and Sons—(Viśvakarmā Putra-Saṃvāda)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Towns or Cities in ancient Indian town-planning < [Chapter 2 - Villages, Towns and Forts in General]
(ii) Subject-matter of Architecture (Vāstu) < [Chapter 2 - Scope and Subject-matter]
(ii) The Site-planning (Vāstupada-vīnyāsa) < [Chapter 6 - Fundamental Canons of Hindu Architecture]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
4.4. Māna (proportionate measurements) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]