Essay name: Arts in the Puranas (study)
Author:
Meena Devadatta Jeste
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Pune
This essay studies the Arts in the Puranas by reconstructing the theory of six major fine arts鈥擬usic, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Literature鈥攆rom the Major and Minor Puranas. This thesis shows how ancient sages studied these arts within the context of cultural traditions of ancient India.
Chapter 3 - Architecture in the Puranas
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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- 145 - four quarters was kept in the plot. That plot is recommended for the caste in whose quarter the wick burns longest. If all the four wicks burn equally long, the site was called 'Samuhika' and was fit for the houses and temples of the four castes. 44 The Brahmanda Purana prescribes that the square type
is the best for town (4).45
