Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary)
by D. N. Shukla | 1960 | 15,592 words | ISBN-10: 8121506115 | ISBN-13: 9788121506113
This page describes The Dedication of the Temples (Prasada-stavana) which is chapter 56 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 56 - The Dedication of the Temples (Prāsāda-stavana)
[Note: This chapter corresponds to Chapter 58 of the original Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra]
The dedication of 8 Prāsādas to each of the principal members of Hindu Pantheon—Śiva, Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Sūrya, Durgā, Gaṇeśa, and Lakṣmī together with the common mass of divinity—Sarvadevas, is made. The opening lines hint at the origin of these temples as having come down from Brahmā through Viśvakarmā.