Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study)
by K. Vidyuta | 2019 | 33,520 words
This page relates 鈥楥onclusion (Agamas and Kashyapa Shilpashastra)鈥� 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.
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4. Conclusion (膧驳补尘补蝉 and 碍腻艣测补辫补 艢颈濒辫补艣腻蝉迟谤补)
While going through the text of 碍腻艣测补辫补 艢颈濒辫补艣腻蝉迟谤补, it was noted that right from the very chapterisation of the text, it has followed the genre of the 膧驳补尘补蝉 and in particular the 碍腻尘颈办腻驳补尘补.
In the previous chapters of this thesis, for clarification of idea and for showing the similarities between the 膧驳补尘补蝉 and 碍腻艣测补辫补 艢颈濒辫补艣腻蝉迟谤补, verses from 碍腻尘颈办腻驳补尘补[1] and 础箩颈迟腻驳补尘补 have been cited in many instances. Therefore, this similarity between the 腻驳补尘补蝉 and this text 碍腻艣测补辫补 艢颈濒辫补艣腻蝉迟谤补 leads one to consider the 碍腻艣测补辫补 艢颈濒辫补艣腻蝉迟谤补 as the architectural part of the A峁兣泆mat 膩gama.
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[1]:
The verses from chapters 16, 18, 49, 52, 54, 57-8, 71-2 and 75 from the p奴rva bh膩ga of the 碍腻尘颈办腻驳补尘补 have been consulted.