Mayamatam : Treatise of housing, architecture and iconography, vol.1
By
Bruno Dagens, Kapila Vatsyayan
Contributor
Sankrit text edited and translated by Bruno Dagens; general editor, Kapila Vatsyayan.
Periodical
0
Serial
14186
Publisher
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNC), New Delhi; Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Delhi
Description
419
ISBN / ISSN No.
8120812241
Subject
1. Hindu architecture; 2. Architecture -- India; 3. Architecture.
Summay
The Mayamata is a Vastusastra, i.e. a treatise on dwelling and as such it deals with all the facets of God's and men's dwellings, from the choice of the site to the iconography of the temple walls. It contains numerous and precise descriptions of villages
Keyword
Architecture, hindu architecture.
DDC Classification No.
720.954
Accession No.
14186
Shelving location
7
Category
Architecture-India