Title & Author:

Viśwakarma Vāstuśāstram : a treatise on town-planning etc. : text and commentary / edited with an introduction by K. Vāsudēva Sastri & N.B. Gadre.

Publication:

Thanjavur : Published by M. Sadasivam, director, Sarasvati Mahal Library Society, 1990.

Description:

ii, iv, iv, lxxvi, 829 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm.

Series:

Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal series ; no. 85

Notes:
"The present text ... was copied from the copy in the Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras, transcribed in 1930-31 from the original manuscript obtained through one Mr. Tata Dēśikachariar of Villiambakkam, Chingleput District"--Page ii.
The present text is the biggest of about a dozen existing manuals differing in their contents, each named Viśwakarma.
In Sanskrit, with commentary and introd. in English.

Subject:

City planning India.
Vāstu India.
Architecture, Indic.
Kammāḷan̲s.
Vastu Inde.
City planning.
Vāstu.
India.

Form/genre:

Vastu Shastra publications.

Added entries:

Vācutēvacāstiri, K., 1894-
Gadre, N. B.
Tañjapurī Sarasvatīmahālaya granthamālā ; no. 85.

Vāstuśāstram : a treatise on town-planning etc. : text and commentary
Treatise on town-planning etc. : text and commentary

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256950
Call No.: BIB 187360
Status: Available