Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary)
by D. N. Shukla | 1960 | 15,592 words | ISBN-10: 8121506115 | ISBN-13: 9788121506113
This page describes Indra’s Flag (Indradhvaja-nirupana) which is chapter 22 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 22 - Indra’s Flag (Indradhvaja-nirūpaṇa)
[Note: This chapter corresponds to Chapter 17 of the original Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra]
This chapter is not altogether of non-architectural interest. Indra’s Flag is deemed to be an auspicious thing in a town, fort, residential house or in any other auspicious event or celebration. It is constructed on the model of a machine—yantra. It shows craftsmanship of very high order and it is not away from the domain of the architect, who is not only a master mason but also a sculptor (Mūrti-nirmātā) and carpenter as well. It is a big chapter, as big as the chapter on the Machine (cf. 31st Chapter), It consists of 212 verses (424 lines). Details may be avoided.