Saturday, January 11, 2014

Vaastu shastra -Treatises

                                              Vaastu shastra 

The progenitor of the Science and Technology of  Vaastu shastra identified to be Mayan adored in Ramayana and Mahabharata and Silappathikam.
Their are 32 shastras  on vaastu shastra  as follows :
1) Vishwakarmeyam
2) Viswam
3) Viswasaram
4) Prabhodham
5)Vrutam
6) Mayamatam
7) Twasta-tantram
8)Manusaram
9) Nalam
10 ) Mana vidhi
11) Manakalpam
12) Manasaram
13) Bahushrutam
14)Srushtam
15) Mana-Bhodham
16) Viswabhodham
17) Adisaram
18) Viswakasyapam
19) Visalaksham
20) Vastubhodham
21) Mahatantram
22) Vastuvidhyapati
23) Parasariyakam
24) Kalayupam
25) Chaityam
26) Chitram
27) Avaryam
28) Sadhakasara Samhita
29) Bhanumatam
30) Aindramatam
31) Lokaghnam
32) Souram
There are other vaastu text which are handled by north indian shilpis :---
1) Vastu Rajvallabham
2) Samarangana Sutradhara
3) Rupamandanam
4) Aparajita-pruchcha
5) Shilpa-shastram
6) Kothanda- mandanam
7) Ksheravarnam
8)Deparnavam
9)Pratama-mana- lakshanam
10) Shilpa-prakasham

Another Treatise of Buddhist origin is also brought to light by Srilanka govt .It is a book on vaastu vidhya titled as " Manjushri Vaastu- Vidhya shastra "published by Archeological survey of srilanka in 1995 . 

OTHER important treatises are BUDDHAMATAM , Gautamam , Chaityam , Buddha pratima lakshanam.



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