Vastu shastra (Sanskrit: व स शस, vāstu śāstra – literally "science of architecture"[2]) is a traditional

Indian system of architecture[3][4] based on ancient texts that describe principles of design, layout,
measurements, ground preparation, space arrangement, and spatial geometry.[5] The designs aim to
integrate architecture with nature, the relative functions of various parts of the structure, and ancient
beliefs utilising geometric patterns (yantra), symmetry, and directional alignments.[6][7]
Vastu Shastra are the textual part of Vastu Vidya – the broader knowledge about architecture and
design theories from ancient India.[8] Vastu Vidya is a collection of ideas and concepts, with or without
the support of layout diagrams, that are not rigid. Rather, these ideas and concepts are models for the
organisation of space and form within a building or collection of buildings, based on their functions in
relation to each other, their usage and the overall fabric of the Vastu.[8] Ancient Vastu Shastra principles
include those for the design of Mandir (Hindu temples),[9] and the principles for the design and layout of
houses, towns, cities, gardens, roads, water works, shops and other public areas. [5][10][11]
In contemporary India, states Chakrabarti, consultants that include "quacks, priests and astrologers"
fueled by greed are marketing pseudoscience and superstition in the name of Vastu-sastras. They have
little knowledge of what the historic Vastu-sastra texts actually teach, and they frame it in terms of a
"religious tradition", rather than ground it in any "architectural theory" therein. [12]

Terminology[edit]
The Sanskrit word vāstu means a dwelling or house with a corresponding plot of land.
[13] The vrddhi, vāstu, takes the meaning of "the site or foundation of a house, site, ground, building or
dwelling-place, habitation, homestead, house". The underlying root is vas "to dwell, live, stay, reside".
[14] The term shastra may loosely be translated as "doctrine, teaching".

Vāstu-Śastras (literally, science of dwelling) are ancient Sanskrit manuals of architecture. These contain
Vastu-Vidya (literally, knowledge of dwelling).[15]

History[edit]

Some town plans recommended in the 700 CE Manasara vastu text.[16][17][18]

Vastu, crafts and architecture are traditionally attributed to the divine Vishwakarma in the Hindu
pantheon.[19] Theories tracing links of the principles of composition in vastu shastra and the Indus
Valley civilization have been made, but scholar Kapila Vatsyayan considers this as speculation as the
Indus Valley script remains undeciphered.[20] According to Chakrabarti, Vastu Vidya is as old the Vedic
period and linked to the ritual architecture.[21] According to Michael W. Meister,
the Atharvaveda contains verses with mystic cosmogony which provide a paradigm for cosmic
planning, but they did not represent architecture nor a developed practice. [22]
Vastu sastras are stated by some to have roots in pre-1st-century CE literature, but these views suffer
from being a matter of interpretation.[21][22] For example, the mathematical rules and steps for
constructing Vedic yajna square for the sacrificial fire are in the Sulba-sutras dated to 4th-century BCE.
However, these are ritual artifacts and they are not buildings or temples or broader objects of a lasting
architecture. Varahamihira's Brihat Samhita dated to about the sixth century CE is among the earliest
known Indian texts with dedicated chapters with principles of architecture. For example, Chapter 53 of
the Brihat Samhita is titled "On architecture", and there and elsewhere it discusses elements of vastu
sastra such as "planning cities and buildings" and "house structures, orientation, storeys, building
balconies" along with other topics.[22] According to Michael Meister, a scholar of Indian architecture, we
must acknowledge that Varahamihira does mention his own sources on vastu as older texts and sages.
However, these may be mythology and reflect the Indian tradition to credit mythical sages and deities.
[22]

Description[edit]

Ancient India produced many Sanskrit texts of architecture, called Vastu Sastra. Many of these are about Hindu
temple layout (above), design and construction, along with chapters on design principles for houses, villages, towns.
The architect and artists (Silpins) were given wide latitude to experiment and express their creativity.[23]
Vastu is very important and there exist many Vāstu-Śastras on the art of building houses, temples,
towns and cities.[6][24] By 6th century AD, Sanskrit texts for constructing palatial temples were in
circulation in India.[25] Vāstu-Śastras include chapters on home construction, town planning, [15] and
how efficient villages, towns and kingdoms integrated temples, water bodies and gardens within them to
achieve harmony with nature.[26][11] While it is unclear, states Barnett,[27] as to whether these temple
and town planning texts were theoretical studies and if or when they were properly implemented in
practice, these texts suggest that town planning and Hindu temples were conceived as ideals of art and
integral part of Hindu social and spiritual life.[15]
Six of the most studied, complete and referred to Indian texts on Vastu Vidya that have survived into the
modern age, states Tillotson, are – the Mayamata, the Manasara, the Samarangana Sutradhara,
the Rajavallabha, the Vishvakarmaprakasha and the Aparajitaprccha.[28] Numerous other important
texts contain sections or chapters on aspects of architecture and design. [29]
The Silpa Prakasa of Odisha, authored by Ramachandra Bhattaraka Kaulachara sometime in ninth or
tenth century CE, is another Vāstu Śastra.[30] Silpa Prakasa describes the geometric principles in every
aspect of the temple and symbolism such as 16 emotions of human beings carved as 16 types of
female figures. These styles were perfected in Hindu temples prevalent in the eastern states of India.
Other ancient texts found expand these architectural principles, suggesting that different parts of India
developed, invented and added their own interpretations. For example, in Saurastra tradition of temple
building found in western states of India, the feminine form, expressions and emotions are depicted in
32 types of Nataka-stri compared to 16 types described in Silpa Prakasa.[30] Silpa Prakasa provides
brief introduction to 12 types of Hindu temples. Other texts, such as Pancaratra Prasada
Prasadhana compiled by Daniel Smith[31] and Silpa Ratnakara compiled by Narmada
Sankara[32] provide a more extensive list of Hindu temple types.
Sanskrit texts for temple construction discovered in Rajasthan, in northwestern region of India, include
Sutradhara Mandana's Prasadamandana (literally, planning and building a temple) with chapters on
town building.[33] Manasara shilpa and Mayamata, texts of South Indian origin, estimated to be in
circulation by 5th to 7th century AD, is a guidebook on South Indian Vastu design and construction. [6]
[34] Isanasivagurudeva paddhati is another Sanskrit text from the 9th century describing the art of
building in India in south and central India.[6][35] In north India, Brihat-samhita by Varāhamihira is the
widely cited ancient Sanskrit text from 6th century describing the design and construction
of Nagara style of Hindu temples.[23][36][37]
These Vāstu Śastras, often discuss and describe the principles of Hindu temple design, but do not limit
themselves to the design of a Hindu temple.[38] They describe the temple as a holistic part of its
community, and lay out various principles and a diversity of alternate designs for home, village and city
layout along with the temple, gardens, water bodies and nature. [11][39]

Mandala types and properties[edit]

The 8x8 (64) grid Manduka Vastu Purusha Mandala layout for Hindu Temples. It is one of 32 Vastu Purusha Mandala
grid patterns described in Vastu sastras. In this grid structure of symmetry, each concentric layer has significance.[6]
The central area in all mandala is the Brahmasthana. Mandala "circle-circumference" or "completion", is
a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The space
occupied by it varies in different mandala – in Pitha (9) and Upapitha (25) it occupies one square
module, in Mahaapitha (16), Ugrapitha (36) and Manduka (64), four square modules and
in Sthandila (49) and Paramasaayika (81), nine square modules.[40] The Pitha is an amplified
Prithvimandala in which, according to some texts, the central space is occupied by earth. The Sthandila
mandala is used in a concentric manner.[40]
A site of any shape can be divided using the Pada Vinyasa. Sites are known by the number of squares.
They range from 1x1 to 32x32 (1024) square sites. Examples of mandalas with the corresponding
names of sites include:[6]
•Sakala (1 square) corresponds to Eka-pada (single divided site)
•Pechaka (4 squares) corresponds to Dwi-pada (two divided site)
•Pitha (9 squares) corresponds to Tri-pada (three divided site)
•Mahaapitha (16 squares) corresponds to Chatush-pada (four divided site)
•Upapitha (25 squares) corresponds to Pancha-pada (five divided site)
•Ugrapitha (36 squares) corresponds to Shashtha-pada (six divided site)
•Sthandila (49 squares) corresponds to Sapta-pada (seven divided site)
•Manduka/ Chandita (64 square) corresponds to Ashta-pada (eight divided site)
•Paramasaayika (81 squares) corresponds to Nava-pada (nine divided site)
•Aasana (100 squares) corresponds to Dasa-pada (ten divided site)
•Bhadrmahasan (196 squares) corresponds to Chodah-pada (14 divided sites)
Modern adaptations and usage[edit]

Vastu Shastra-inspired plan adapted and evolved by modern architect Charles Correa in the design of Jawahar Kala
Kendra, Jaipur, Rajasthan.[7][41]
Vāstu Śastra represents a body of ancient concepts and knowledge to many modern architects, a
guideline but not a rigid code.[7][42] The square-grid mandala is viewed as a model of organisation, not
as a ground plan. The ancient Vāstu Śastra texts describe functional relations and adaptable alternate
layouts for various rooms or buildings and utilities, but do not mandate a set compulsory architecture.
Sachdev and Tillotson state that the mandala is a guideline, and employing the mandala concept of
Vāstu Śastra does not mean every room or building has to be square. [7] The basic theme is around
core elements of central space, peripheral zones, direction with respect to sunlight, and relative
functions of the spaces.[7][42]
The pink city Jaipur in Rajasthan was master planned by Rajput king Jai Singh and built by 1727 CE, in
part around Vastu Shilpa Sastra principles.[7][43] Similarly, modern era projects such as the
architect Charles Correa's designed Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya in Ahmedabad, Vidhan Bhavan
in Bhopal,[44] and Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, adapt and apply concepts from the Vastu Shastra
Vidya.[7][42] In the design of Chandigarh city, Le Corbusier incorporated modern architecture theories
with those of Vastu Shastra.[45][46][47]
During the colonial rule period of India, town planning officials of the British Raj did not consider Vastu
Vidya, but largely grafted Islamic Mughal era motifs and designs such as domes and arches onto
Victorian-era style buildings without overall relationship layout.[48][49] This movement, known as Indo-
Saracenic architecture, is found in chaotically laid out, but externally grand structures in the form of
currently used major railway stations, harbours, tax collection buildings, and other colonial offices
in South Asia.[48]
Vāstu Śastra Vidya was ignored, during colonial era construction, for several reasons. These texts were
viewed by 19th and early 20th century architects as archaic, the literature was inaccessible being in an
ancient language not spoken or read by the architects, and the ancient texts assumed space to be
readily available.[42][48] In contrast, public projects in the colonial era were forced into crowded spaces
and local layout constraints, and the ancient Vastu sastra were viewed with prejudice as superstitious
and rigid about a square grid or traditional materials of construction.[48] Sachdev and Tillotson state that
these prejudices were flawed, as a scholarly and complete reading of the Vāstu Śastra literature amply
suggests the architect is free to adapt the ideas to new materials of construction, local layout
constraints and into a non-square space.[48][50] The design and completion of a new city of Jaipur in
early 1700s based on Vāstu Śastra texts, well before any colonial era public projects, was one of many
proofs.[48][50] Other examples include modern public projects designed by Charles Correa such as
Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, and Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad.[7][41] Vastu Shastra remedies have
also been applied by Khushdeep Bansal in 1997 to the Parliament complex of India, when he contented
that the library being built next to the building is responsible for political instability in the country. [51]
German architect Klaus-Peter Gast states that the principles of Vāstu Śastras is witnessing a major
revival and wide usage in the planning and design of individual homes, residential complexes,
commercial and industrial campuses, and major public projects in India, along with the use of ancient
iconography and mythological art work incorporated into the Vastu vidya architectures. [41][52]
 Vastu and superstition[edit]
The use of Vastu shastra and Vastu consultants in modern home and public projects is controversial.
[50] Some architects, particularly during India's colonial era, considered it arcane and superstitious. [42]
[48] Other architects state that critics have not read the texts and that most of the text is about flexible
design guidelines for space, sunlight, flow and function.[42][52]
Vastu Shastra is a pseudoscience, states Narendra Nayak – the head of Federation of Indian
Rationalist Associations. In contemporary India, Vastu consultants "promote superstition in the name of
science".[53] Astronomer Jayant Narlikar states Vastu Shastra has rules about integrating architecture
with its ambience, but the dictates of Vastu and alleged harm or benefits being marketed has "no logical
connection to environment". He gives examples of Vastu consultants claiming the need to align the
house to magnetic axis for "overall growth, peace and happiness, or that "parallelogram-shaped sites
can lead to quarrels in the family", states Narlikar. He says this is pseudoscience. [2]
Vibhuti Chakrabarti, a scholar of Architecture and Sanskrit literature has critically translated historic
Vastu literature, and states that in contemporary India, some are offering their services as Vastu
consultants where they project it as a "religious tradition", rather than an "architectural methodology" as
taught in historic texts. He says that these consultants include "quacks, priests and astrologers" fuelled
by greed and with little knowledge of what the historic Vastu-sastra texts teach. They are said to market
false advice and superstition in the name of Vastu Vidya tradition, sometimes under the rubric of "Vedic
sciences".[12]

Sanskrit treatises on architecture [edit]

Of the numerous Sanskrit treatises mentioned in ancient Indian literature, some have been translated in
English. Many Agamas, Puranas and Hindu scriptures include chapters on architecture of temples,
homes, villages, towns, fortifications, streets, shop layout, public wells, public bathing, public halls,
gardens, river fronts among other things.[5] In some cases, the manuscripts are partially lost, some are
available only in Tibetan, Nepalese or South Indian languages, while in others original Sanskrit
manuscripts are available in different parts of India. Some treatises, or books with chapters on Vaastu
Shastra include:[5]
• Manasara
• Brhat samhita (Chapters 53–58)
• Mayamata
• Anka sastra
• Aparajita Vāstu Śastra
• Maha-agamas (28 books, each with 12 to 75 chapters)
• Ayadi Lakshana
• Aramadi Pratishtha Paddhati (includes garden design)
• Kasyapiya
• Kupadi Jala Sthana Lakshana
• Kshetra Nirmana Vidhi (preparation of land and foundation of buildings including temples)
• Gargya samhita (pillars, doors, windows, wall design and architecture)
• Griha Pithika (types of houses and their construction)
• Ghattotsarga Suchanika (riverfront and steps architecture)
• Jnana ratna kosha
• Vastu sarani (measurement, ratio and design layouts of objects, particularly buildings)
• Devalaya Lakshana (treatise on construction of temples)
• Dhruvadi shodasa gehani (guidelines for arrangement of buildings with respect to each other for
harmony)
• Nava sastra (36 books, most lost)
• Agni Purana (Chapters 42 through 55, and 106 - Nagaradi Vastu)
• Matsya Purana (Chapters 252 through 270)
• Maya samgraha
• Prasada kirtana
• Prasada Lakshana
• Tachchu sastra (primarily home design for families)
• Manushyalaya Lakshana (primarily human dwelings)
• Manushyalaya Chandrika
• Mantra dipika
• Mana kathana (measurement principles)
• Manava vastu lakshana
• Manasollasa (chapters on house layout, mostly ancient cooking recipes)
• Raja griha nirmana (architecture and construction principles for royal palaces)
• Rupa mandana
• Vastu tattva
• Vastu nirnaya
• Vastu purusha lakshana
• Vastu prakasa
• Vastu pradipa
• Vastu manjari
• Vastu mandana
• Vastu lakshana
• Vastu vichara
• Vastu Vidya
• Vastu vidhi
• Vastu samgraha
• Vastu sarvasva
• Vimana lakshana (tower design)
• Visvakarma prakasa (home, roads, water tanks and public works architecture)
• Vaikhanasa
• Sastra jaladhi ratna
• Silpa prakasa
• Silparatna
• Silpakala Dipika
• Silpartha Śastra
• Sanatkumara Vāstu Śastra
• Samarangana Sutradhara

See also[edit]

• Architecture portal

• India portal

•Aranmula Kottaram
•Dowsing
•Feng shui
•Geomancy
•Kanippayyur Shankaran Namboodiripad
•Maharishi Vastu Architecture
•Shilpa Shastras
•Tajul muluk

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Further reading[edit]
•Acharya P.K. (1933), Manasara (English translation), Online
proofread edition including footnotes and glossary
•Acharya P.K. (1946), An Encyclopedia of Hindu Architecture, Wikimedia Commons has media related
Oxford University Press - Terminology of Ancient Architecture to Vastu Shastra.
•Acharya P.K. (1946), Bibliography of Ancient Sanskrit Treatises
on Architecture and Arts, in An Encyclopedia of Hindu Architecture, Oxford University Press - pages
615-659
•B.B. Dutt (1925), Town Planning in Ancient India at Google Books
•IVVRF (2000), Journal Of International Conference Vastu Panorama 2000, Main Theme - The Study of
Energetic Dimension of Man and Behavior of Environment
•IVVRF (2004), Journal Of International Conference Vastu Panorama 2004
•IVVRF (2008), Journal Of International Conference Vastu Panorama 2008, Main Theme - Save Mother
earth and life- A Vastu Mission
•IVVRF (2012), Journal Of International Conference Vastu Panorama 2012, Main Theme- Vastu
Dynamics for Global Well Being
•V. Chakraborty, Indian Architectural Theory: Contemporary Uses of Vastu Vidya at Google Books
•Arya, Rohit Vaastu: the Indian art of placement : design and decorate homes to reflect eternal spiritual
principles Inner Traditions / Bear & Company, 2000, ISBN 0-89281-885-9.
•Vastu: Transcendental Home Design in Harmony with Nature, Sherri Silverman
•Prabhu, Balagopal, T.S and Achyuthan, A, "A text Book of Vastuvidya", Vastuvidyapratisthanam,
Kozhikode, New Edition, 2011.
•Prabhu, Balagopal, T.S and Achyuthan, A, "Design in Vastuvidya", Vastuvidyapratisthanam, Kozhiko
•Prabhu, Balagopal, T.S, "Vastuvidyadarsanam",(Malayalam) Vastuvidyapratisthanam, Kozhikode.
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