Vishwakarma Vastushastram

SR No.: 010145
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vasudev Shastri, N B Gadre
Publisher: S Gopalan Tanjor
Publication Year: 1958
Total Pages: 834
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 37 MB

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vows and penances by the king, queen etc. The court-house is looked upon as the embodiment of all deities and of all powers and the promoter of general prosperity. It is to be presided over by the king, possessed of all noble qualities and shrewdness and stability of judgment; and the minister and the preceptor also take part in the proceedings. The building must have an even surface and it must have all the various adjuncts and must also have the principal deities installed in it.
It must have seats for advocates and for state-guests. It may be a hall with walls and doorways or it may be like a hall of audience and the form may be either a square or circular. The mofussil court may have a treasury attached to it and it must have special seats provided for the occasional visits of the emperor, the heir apparent and neighbouring rulers. The metropolitan courthouse shall be 12 dandas in dimension and the hall in front and subsidiary halls may have half the breadth. Its forms may also be like those of moffusil court, with this difference that the metropolitan court may generally have three floors. The basement shall be as grand as possible and the steps leading to the dais a bout 32 in number. The dais and the hall shall have ornamented pillars so arranged as to enhance the grandeur and solemnity of the court of justice. The building shall have a canopy and the arrangement of pillars may be in one of the forms consisting of 48, 32 or 24 detailed in the text. The frontage of the court house must have an orna. mented arch (a Torana).
Thrones are next dealt with. Seven types are dos. cribed namely Simhasana, Bhadrāsana, Kūrmāsana, Virā. sana, Mānāsana, Vijayāsana, and Paryańkāsana. Thrones shall have ornamented rests for the hand and must have a prabhāvali or an ornamented semi-circle surmounted by a crown; or the prabha may be built at the back. It must have silken cushions and set with gems and plated with silver and gold. There shall be two platforms at the side one for placing the crown and other for placing the sword.