Vastushastra glossary, starting with ‘s’

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The Vastushastra glossary, starting with the letter “s”, contains 419 definitions, select a phrase below for the definitions and references.

  1. Sabha
  2. Sabhakara
  3. Sacrifice
  4. Sacrificial Rite
  5. Sadana
  6. Sadanishedha
  7. Sadhaka
  8. Sadman
  9. Sagarbha
  10. Sakritprerya
  11. Salila
  12. Salilantara
  13. Salilasthapana
  14. Saline Water
  15. Salmonukhya
  16. Salmonya
  17. Salmonyapitha
  18. Salokya
  19. Sama
  20. Samagriha
  21. Samanya
  22. Samanyapratima
  23. Samanyapratimalakshana
  24. Samaranganasutradhara
  25. Samasutra
  26. Samaya
  27. Samgrahana
  28. Samhara
  29. Samhararupa
  30. Samharatattva
  31. Samharatattvahoma
  32. Samipya
  33. Samkirna
  34. Samkirtana
  35. Samkoca
  36. Sammishra
  37. Sammukhya
  38. Samodara
  39. Sampad
  40. Sampanna
  41. Sampatkara
  42. Sampatti
  43. Samriddhi
  44. Samriddhida
  45. Samshrava
  46. Samshraya
  47. Samsparsha
  48. Samsthana
  49. Samsthapana
  50. Samsthapanapatala
  51. Samsthapya
  52. Samucchraya
  53. Samudahrita
  54. Samudaya
  55. Samudra
  56. Samudraka
  57. Samyamin
  58. Samyuktastambha
  59. Sancita
  60. Sanctuary
  61. Sandhara
  62. Sandhikarman
  63. Saptamatrika
  64. Sara
  65. Sarja
  66. Sarjarasa
  67. Sarupya
  68. Sarvabhadra
  69. Sarvakamada
  70. Sarvakamika
  71. Sarvakita
  72. Sarvamandita
  73. Sarvanganghri
  74. Sarvangastambha
  75. Sarvangasundara
  76. Sarvasukha
  77. Sarvatobhadra
  78. Sarvatodaka
  79. Sarvatomukha
  80. Sarvatonirgama
  81. Satya
  82. Saubhadra
  83. Saubhadrika
  84. Saubhagya
  85. Saudha
  86. Saudhaja
  87. Saukhya
  88. Saukhyaprada
  89. Saumukhya
  90. Saumya
  91. Saumyacchanda
  92. Saumyakanta
  93. Saushtika
  94. Savakasha
  95. Savitri
  96. Sayujya
  97. Science
  98. Selection
  99. Sendamangalam
  100. Sesame Oil
  101. Seven-storey
  102. Sevita
  103. Shabda
  104. Shabdasamshrava
  105. Shadadhara
  106. Shadashri
  107. Shade
  108. Shadvarga
  109. Shailadardara
  110. Shailakandara
  111. Shaivagamanibandhana
  112. Shakha
  113. Shakra
  114. Shakti
  115. Shaktyavatara
  116. Shakuna
  117. Shala
  118. Shalakara
  119. Shalaksha
  120. Shalatorana
  121. Shallaki
  122. Shalmali
  123. Shalya
  124. Shalyalakshana
  125. Shalyavittama
  126. Shalyoddhara
  127. Shambhu
  128. Shand
  129. Shanda
  130. Shani
  131. Shankha
  132. Shankhamandala
  133. Shankhavardhana
  134. Shankhayanagrihyasutra
  135. Shanku
  136. Shankulakshana
  137. Shankusthapana
  138. Shantadish
  139. Shanti
  140. Shantihoma
  141. Shantika
  142. Shaping
  143. Sharana
  144. Sharkaracurna
  145. Sharkarakalka
  146. Sharva
  147. Shashi
  148. Shasta
  149. Shastra
  150. Shastrashala
  151. Shastravisheshana
  152. Shatabhishaj
  153. Shatardhika
  154. Shatrumardana
  155. Shaunaka
  156. Shaundika
  157. Shaurasena
  158. Shayanahetuka
  159. Shayanamandapa
  160. Shayanasthana
  161. Shellac
  162. Sheshashayi
  163. Shibika
  164. Shikhakumbha
  165. Shikhara
  166. Shikharanirmanaprakara
  167. Shikhishekhara
  168. Shiktha
  169. Shila
  170. Shiladhivasa
  171. Shilalakshana
  172. Shilanyasa
  173. Shilaparigraha
  174. Shilapariksha
  175. Shilarupa
  176. Shilasamgrahana
  177. Shilparatna
  178. Shilpashastra
  179. Shilpin
  180. Shimshapa
  181. Shiramarmaparijnana
  182. Shiras
  183. Shirobhava
  184. Shirovartana
  185. Shirsha
  186. Shishya
  187. Shishyapratishtha
  188. Shitala
  189. Shivabhadra
  190. Shivacchanda
  191. Shivakanta
  192. Shivalaya
  193. Shivarcana
  194. Shivasvarupa
  195. Shivasvarupavicarokti
  196. Shivika
  197. Shiviragriha
  198. Shmasha
  199. Shobha
  200. Shodashashra
  201. Shodashasri
  202. Shodhana
  203. Shosha
  204. Shravana
  205. Shravishta
  206. Shrenibandha
  207. Shri
  208. Shribandha
  209. Shribhadra
  210. Shribhoga
  211. Shricchanda
  212. Shridhara
  213. Shridharakanta
  214. Shrijaya
  215. Shrikanta
  216. Shrikantha
  217. Shrikara
  218. Shrikarapitha
  219. Shrikesha
  220. Shrikhanda
  221. Shrikuta
  222. Shrimandana
  223. Shrimukha
  224. Shringa
  225. Shringavan
  226. Shrinivasa
  227. Shrinkhala
  228. Shripratishthita
  229. Shritaru
  230. Shritunga
  231. Shrivajra
  232. Shrivarta
  233. Shrivatsa
  234. Shrivishala
  235. Shrivriksha
  236. Shrutinjaya
  237. Shrutva
  238. Shubha
  239. Shubhada
  240. Shubhadesha
  241. Shubhavaha
  242. Shuddhadvara
  243. Shuddhajnana
  244. Shuddhasvastika
  245. Shuddhi
  246. Shukanasa
  247. Shukarasthi
  248. Shukavaneshvara
  249. Shukhanasa
  250. Shukhanasi
  251. Shukra
  252. Shuktiman
  253. Shula
  254. Shunaka
  255. Shundamakara
  256. Shundupada
  257. Shurpakara
  258. Shvabhra
  259. Shvan
  260. Shvana
  261. Shvanasthi
  262. Shvapaca
  263. Shveta
  264. Shyamabhadra
  265. Siddhakama
  266. Siddhartha
  267. Siddhya
  268. Simha
  269. Simhakanta
  270. Simhakesari
  271. Simhakhya
  272. Simhapada
  273. Simhapanjara
  274. Simhasya
  275. Simhavaktra
  276. Sisaka
  277. Site Selection
  278. Six-storey
  279. Sixteen Pillars
  280. Skandakanta
  281. Skandha
  282. Skandhapattika
  283. Skin
  284. Slaughtering House
  285. Slop
  286. Small Stone
  287. Snanamandapa
  288. Snanambhahsthana
  289. Snanaprapa
  290. Snanashvabhra
  291. Snanavedi
  292. Snapanamandapa
  293. Snigdha
  294. Soft
  295. Soma
  296. Somasutra
  297. Somya
  298. Sopana
  299. Source
  300. Sparsha
  301. Sparshana
  302. Sphana
  303. Sphanaja
  304. Sphanaka
  305. Spherical Roof
  306. Spring
  307. Sprishyamana
  308. Square
  309. Sruglakshana
  310. Sruk
  311. Sruksruvalakshana
  312. Sruva
  313. Sruvalakshana
  314. Staircase
  315. Stambha
  316. Stha
  317. Sthala
  318. Sthali
  319. Sthana
  320. Sthandila
  321. Sthanu
  322. Sthanuja
  323. Sthapaka
  324. Sthapakalakshana
  325. Sthapakasthapatilakshana
  326. Sthapana
  327. Sthapanarthamandapa
  328. Sthapati
  329. Sthapatilakshana
  330. Sthapatya
  331. Sthapya
  332. Sthavara
  333. Sthavaralinga
  334. Sthita
  335. Sthiti
  336. Sthuna
  337. Stone
  338. Storey
  339. Stridosha
  340. Strivisha
  341. Stupa
  342. Stupaprasada
  343. Stupi
  344. Stupidanda
  345. Stupika
  346. Stupikakila
  347. Stupikila
  348. Subhadra
  349. Subhadraka
  350. Subrahmanya
  351. Sucaya
  352. Sudarshana
  353. Sudha
  354. Sudhalepya
  355. Sudhi
  356. Sugriva
  357. Suguha
  358. Sujitendriya
  359. Sukara
  360. Sukha
  361. Sukhada
  362. Sukhaprada
  363. Sukhavaha
  364. Sukshetra
  365. Sumangala
  366. Sumanorama
  367. Sumukha
  368. Sun Temple
  369. Sunabha
  370. Sundarar
  371. Supadma
  372. Suparṇa
  373. Suprabha
  374. Suprabhavartaka
  375. Suprabhuta
  376. Supratikanta
  377. Surananda
  378. Suraraj
  379. Surasundara
  380. Surya
  381. Suryabimba
  382. Suryakanta
  383. Susamsthana
  384. Sushama
  385. Sushlishta
  386. Sushumna
  387. Susutrita
  388. Suta
  389. Sutalabha
  390. Sutapidita
  391. Sutartha
  392. Sutasampad
  393. Sutasampatti
  394. Sutavardhana
  395. Sutavriddhi
  396. Sutraccheda
  397. Sutradhara
  398. Sutragrahin
  399. Sutrakarman
  400. Sutranirmana
  401. Sutrapata
  402. Sutrashatka
  403. Sutrita
  404. Suvrata
  405. Suvriddhida
  406. Svapramana
  407. Svastibandha
  408. Svastibandhana
  409. Svastika
  410. Svastimandala
  411. Svati
  412. Svatilaka
  413. Svayamvahaka
  414. Sveccha
  415. Sveshta
  416. Sveshtalinga
  417. Svikara
  418. Swan
  419. Syandana
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