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Vastushastra (architecture)
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)The Dormer Window of the Temple (in ancient Indian architecture) is denoted by Sanskrit term 颁补苍诲谤补艣腻濒腻, according to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥敯洳共曰灏古浤灞裟� means a kind of window which refers to a dormer window. The Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺 says that 肠补苍诲谤补艣腻濒腻 is the exalted part in a temple which should be made on the doors and it beautifies the doors of the temple. It instructs that the temple should have separately four 肠补苍诲谤补艣腻濒腻s on the top of the four doors. According to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩, the roof of a temple must have three 肠补苍诲谤补艣腻濒腻s i.e., dormer windows.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
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Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
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Mayamata and Building Construction (study) (by Ripan Ghosh)
Part 7.4 - Eka艣膩l膩-vidh膩na (Houses comprising of single main building) < [Chapter 5 - Core Construction of the Building]
Part 7.7 - Catu岣ヅ浤乴膩-vidh膩na (Houses comprising with four main buildings) < [Chapter 5 - Core Construction of the Building]
Part 9.7 - Details regarding Gopura (Gateways) < [Chapter 5 - Core Construction of the Building]
Architectural data in the Puranas (by Sharda Devi)
Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
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The Structural Temples of Gujarat (by Kantilal F. Sompura)
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