Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study)
by K. Vidyuta | 2019 | 33,520 words
This page relates ‘Conclusion (Agamas and Kashyapa Shilpashastra)’ of the study on the Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (in English) with special reference to the characteristics of Prakara (temple-components), Mandapa (pavilions) and Gopura (gate-house). The Silpa-Sastras refers to the ancient Indian science of arts and crafts, such as sculpture, architecture and iconography. This study demonstrates the correlatation between ancient Indian monuments (such as temples and sculptures) and the variety of Sanskrit scriptures dealing with their construction.
4. Conclusion (Āgamas and Kāśyapa Śilpaśāstra)
While going through the text of Kāśyapa Śilpaśāstra, it was noted that right from the very chapterisation of the text, it has followed the genre of the Āgamas and in particular the Kāmikāgama.
In the previous chapters of this thesis, for clarification of idea and for showing the similarities between the Āgamas and Kāśyapa Śilpaśāstra, verses from Kāmikāgama[1] and Ajitāgama have been cited in many instances. Therefore, this similarity between the āgamas and this text Kāśyapa Śilpaśāstra leads one to consider the Kāśyapa Śilpaśāstra as the architectural part of the Aṃśumat āgama.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
The verses from chapters 16, 18, 49, 52, 54, 57-8, 71-2 and 75 from the pūrva bhāga of the Kāmikāgama have been consulted.