Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary)
by D. N. Shukla | 1960 | 15,592 words | ISBN-10: 8121506115 | ISBN-13: 9788121506113
This page describes Stables for Elephants (Gajashala) which is chapter 29 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 29 - Stables for Elephants (Gajaśālā)
[Note: This chapter corresponds to Chapter 32 of the original Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra]
The following are the six varieties of the Śālā of the Elephants (gajaśālā).
The special architectural characteristics of the first five Gajaśālās is an application of the Prāgrīvas, the windows, Alindas, the corridors and the Nirvyūhas the towers on than in different modes and directions thereof, while the last viz. Pramārikā is devoid of any such application and is deemed unfit for use, being inauspicious. Therefore, the text recommends the use of only first five varieties.