Essay name: Manasollasa (study of Arts and Sciences)
Author:
Mahadev Narayanrao Joshi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay in English studies the Manasollasa authored by Someshvara III, representing an ancient encyclopedic work encompassing over 8,000 Sanskrit verses. The text addresses diverse topics like polity, political sciences, architecture, jurisprudence, iconography, idol-making, and various arts and sciences such as mathematics.
Chapter 4 - Fine arts in Manasollassa
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should use proper colours to paint a tree, mountain,
weapons etc.
26 Art in Vastuvidya or Architecture
Vastu is primarily the planned site of the building.
As a rule its shape is square which is the fundamental
Its full name is Vastu-
form of Hindu architecture.
27 Puru峁-ma峁囜笉ala. V膩stu, Purusa and Mandala are equally
important and significant.
The indentity of Vastu with
Puru峁 is symbolic and of metaphysical importance. It is
more significant in case of temple-architecture, where
'Mandala
the image of the supernal or cosmic man, the Puru峁 is
congruous and identical to the planned site.
denotes any closed polygon. The square, which is the
essential form of V膩stu Puru峁, can be converted into
a triangle, hexagon, octagon and circle of equal area
and retain its symbolism.
It is in this way, that the
various types of the V盲stuma峁囜笉ala are enumerated in
Vastu-sastra.
28 26. 啶掂啶曕啶粪お啶班啶掂い啶多じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶距う啶� 啶う啶距ぅ啷堗し啷� 啶ぅ啷嬥啶苦い啶距 啷�
啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠさ啶班啶｀ぞ啶� 啶啶班く啷嬥啷嵿い啶掂啶ぞ啶� 啶氞た啶む啶班啷堗ざ啷嵿啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀た 啷� [v峁沰峁parvata艣astr膩di pad膩thai峁 yathocit膩岣� |
bhinnavar峁嚹佱弗 prayoktavy膩岣� citrakai艣citrakarma峁噄 || ] 3.1.176.
27. D.N.Shukla. V盲stu-s谩stra Vol. I (Punjab University,
Chandigarh, 1960), p.185.
28. Cf. V.S.Agrawala, Op.Cit. pp.41-43.
