Naradiyatantra, Naradiya-tantra, Nāradīyatantra: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Nāradīyatantra (नारदीयतन्त्र) or simply Nāradīya is the name of a Tantra authored by Vibhava: an ancient teacher (ācārya) of Vāstuśāsta (science of architecture) according to the Vibhava.—All these great teachers cannot be said to be legendary. Some used to be propagated in ancient India. No nation can flourish without its care for its material prosperity. All this technique and training and their systematic and successful teaching and transmission were of equal importance. Most of the treatises of Vāstuśāstra carry many of these names [i.e., Nārada—Nāradīyatantra], yet a good many of them are quoted as authorities, yet still others are honoured with actual passages being quoted from their works.
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.
India history and geography
Nāradīyatantra (नारदीयतन्त्र) is the name of a Tantra categorized as “Rathakrānta”, and is mentioned in a (further unknown) book in the possession of Kamlesh Punyark [=Śrī Kamaleśa Puṇyārka or श्री कमलेश पुण्यार्क].—This book contains a detailed discussion of the basics of Tantra and opens with a list of three times sixty-four Tantras. One such text is the नारदीयतन्त्रम् [nāradīyatantram] or नारदीय-तन्त्र [nāradīya-tantra].
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.
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Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
(iv) Other Ācāryas (chief preceptors) of Vastuśāstra < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
The Structural Temples of Gujarat (by Kantilal F. Sompura)
1. Early reference to architectural Canons < [Chapter 1 - Sources of architectural canons]
Architectural data in the Puranas (by Sharda Devi)