Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary)
by D. N. Shukla | 1960 | 15,592 words | ISBN-10: 8121506115 | ISBN-13: 9788121506113
This page describes The Qualification of an Architect (Sthapati-lakshana) which is chapter 8 English summary of the Samarangana-Sutradhara by Bhoja. This work in Sanskrit representing a voluminous treatise on Vastu-Shastra (the science of Architecture), encompassing a broad range of subjects, such as Architecture, Shilpa-shastra (Iconography, Arts and Crafts) but also deals with Creation-theory, Geography, Philosophu, etc.
Chapter 8 - The Qualification of an Architect (Sthapati-lakṣaṇa)
[Note: This chapter corresponds to Chapter 44 of the original Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra]
A full notice of this Chapter has been taken in the Introductory Part of the Study—vide Ch. III “The Architect & the Architecture”. It suffices to say that the text while laying down the mental and moral as well as practical equipment of an architect prescribes Śāstra, Karma, Prajñā and Śīla, the fourfold primary qualifications of an architect. The details may be seen in the Chapter referred to above.