The Sanskrit term Navakoṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Navakostha or Navakoshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Google Books: Temple Consecration Rituals in Ancient India

Navakoṣṭha (नवकोष्ठ) refers to the “nine compartments” of the deposit casket, according to verse 12.19a of the Mānasāra.—The placing of the deposit casket on the ceremonial ground occurs also in various texts. In verses 4-5 of the Garbhanyāsa section of the Kāśyapaśilpa, it was said that the deposit casket has to be placed in the adhiṣṭhāna or even lower. The adhiṣṭhāna in South Indian architecture is a support, ādhāra, for the garbhagṛha, and the walls proper are built on top of it. According to the parallel texts, the deposit casket should have either twenty-five or nine compartments.

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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.

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (p)

Navakoṣṭha (नवकोष्ठ) refers to a layout used for Vaiṣṇava ritualistic procedures, according to chapter 2 of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).

The Navakoṣṭha consists of Visualisation of Viṣṇu and Śrī in:

1. The middle koṣṭha with Garuḍa;
2. The eastern koṣṭha with Suparṇa;
3. The southern koṣṭha with Garuḍa with 16-armed Garuḍa;
4. The western koṣṭha with Vainateya;
5. The northern koṣṭha with Tārkṣya;
6. The southeast koṣṭha with Lakṣmī;
7. The southwest koṣṭha with Kīrti;
8. The northwest koṣṭha with Jayā;
9. The northeast koṣṭha with Māyā.

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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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Google Books: An Illustrated History of the Mandala

Navakoṣṭha (नवकोष्ठ) refers to a “nine-panel grid”, as described in chapter 4 (“khaṭikā-sūtrapātana-vidhi”) of the Viṃśatividhi (i.e., the Śrīguhyasamājamaṇḍalopāyikāviṃśatividhi).—The maṇḍala of the eight great Bodhisattvas is described as “eight circles arranged inside a square” (aṣṭamaṇḍalaka), whereas the center of the Guhyasamāja-maṇḍala is a circle divided into nine parts in the form of two pairs of intersecting lines. [...] This pattern has been referred to as a “nine-sector structure formed by two pairs of intersecting lines”. In ritual manuals in Sanskrit, however, this pattern is called navakoṣṭha (nine-panel grid). The nine-grid panel was carried over via the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala to the maṇḍalas of late Tantric Buddhism, starting with the Guhyasamājatantra, and became one of the basic patterns of the maṇḍala.

The nine-panel grid (Navakoṣṭha), consists of a circle or a square that is divided into a grid of nine sections in which the deities are arranged. It corresponds to the “frame structure” proposed by Ishida and Yoritomi when classifying the patterns of Japanese maṇḍalas, and Yoritomi used the term “nine-sector structure formed by two pairs of intersecting lines” to refer to the nine-panel grid. Rongtha’s Iconometry, on the other hand, refers to it as “nine grids” (re’u mig dgu). The original Sanskrit term was found to be navakoṣṭha, used in chapter 4 of the Viṃśatividhi. This nine-panel grid is the basic pattern of the Japanese Vajradhātu-maṇḍala In Tibet, too, this pattern is common in maṇḍalas belonging to the Vajraśekhara cycle, starting with the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala and the Guhyasamāja-maṇḍala.

Note: It is particularly interesting that the three basic patterns in Tibetan maṇḍalas, namely, lotus, wheel, and nine-panel grid, characterize the Japanese Garbha-, Prajñāpāramitānayasūtra, and Vajradhātu-maṇḍalas, respectively.

Source: 84000: Sampuṭodbhava Tantra (Emergence from Sampuṭa)

Navakoṣṭha (नवकोष्ठ) refers to a “wheel with nine divisions” (used for rituals), according to the Sampuṭodbhavatantra chapter 2.—The wheel has eight divisions with the hub in the center being the ninth.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nava, Koshtha, Koshta.

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