Originating in ancient India, Vastu Shastra (Sanskrit: वास्तु शास्त्र, vāstu śāstra – literally "science of architecture") is a traditional Hindu system...

arts" such as kissing, embracing, etc. While Shilpa and Vastu Shastras are related, Shilpa Shastras deal with arts and crafts such as forming statues, icons...

Feng shui (found in China), Kumalak (found in parts of Central Asia), Vastu shastra (in India). The word "geomancy", from Late Greek *γεωμαντεία *geōmanteía...

of Shastras Vastu Shastra (treatises on architecture) Vaimānika Shāstra, early 20th-century, sanskrit text on "science of aeronautics" Dharma Shastra: These...

venerated in Hinduism, some schools of Buddhism and Jainism. In the Vastu Shastra, the north-eastern corner of a plot of land is referred to as "Ishana"...

there. Ancient and medieval Indian texts on domestic architecture like Vastu shastra uses the word "Alinda" for this architectural feature. The veranda has...

founder of the Vastu Shastra.[citation needed] In Tamil tradition, Mayan is credited with the authorship of the Mayamata Vastu Shastra as well as the...

The Nāṭya Shāstra (Sanskrit: नाट्य शास्त्र, Nāṭyaśāstra) is a Sanskrit treatise on the performing arts. The text is attributed to sage Bharata, and its...

builder) and head of the College of Architecture and Sculpture in the Vastu Shastra tradition ascribed to the sage Mamuni Mayan. Sthapati was born in 1927...

of a building or geographical area. Vedic architecture is based on Vastu Shastra. The brahmasthan is a special central zone in a building. It is free...