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Mayamata

Author : Bruno Dagens
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 13 : 8178224976
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book Mayamata written by Bruno Dagens and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mayamata is a Vastusastra, that is to says a treatise on dwelling and as such, it deals with all the facets of gods temple dwellings, from the choice of a site to the iconography of temple walls. It contains many precise descriptions of villages and towns as of temples, houses, mansions and palaces. It gives indications for the selection of proper orientation, of the right dimension and of appropriate building materials. It intends to be a manual for the architect and a guidebook for the layman. Well thought of by the traditional architects (sthapatis) of South India, this treatise is of interest at a time when technical traditions, in all fields are being scrutinized for their possible modern application. The Mayamata has so far been translated into Tamil and into French. The present English version is based upon the edition, with French translation, previously published by Dr. Bruno Dagens in the Publication Series of the French Institute of Indology (Pondicherry).

Mayamatam (2 Volumes)

Author : Bruno Dagens
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 13 : 8120812263
Total Pages : 1086 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Mayamatam (2 Volumes) written by Bruno Dagens and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi motilalbanarsidass.com, [email protected] The Matamata is a Vastusastra, i.e. a treatise on dwelling, and as such, it deals with all the facets of gods' 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 and towns as well as of temples, houses, mansions and palaces. It gives indications for the selection of proper orientation, correct dimensions, and appropriate materials. It intends to be a manual for the architect and a guidebook for the layman. Well thought of by traditional architects (sthapati-s) of South India, the treatise is of great interest at a time when technical traditions, in all fields, are being scrutinized for their possible modern application. The present bilingual edition prepared by Dr Bruno Dagens contains critically edited Sanskrit text which is an improvement over the earlier edition by the same scholar and published as No.40 of Publications de L'Institut Francaisd' Indologie, Pondicherry. The English translation, also published earlier, has now been revised with copious notes. The usefulness of the edition has been further enhanced by adding an analytical table of contents and a comprehensive glossary. In the series of Kalamulasastra early texts on music, namely, Matralaksanam, Dattilam and Brhaddest, have been published. The medieval texts on music, especially, the Sribastamuktavali (No.3 in the series) and the Nartananirnaya (No.17 in the series), bring us up to the 15th and 16th centuries. In the case of architecture, despite the IGNCA's endeavour to publish portions of the Brhatsamhita, the Agni Purana and the Visnudharmottara-Purana, first, this has not been possible. Instead, our scholars were able to complete work first on a late but important text, namely, Silparatnakosa. We hope that the sections on architecture in the Brhatsamhita, the Agni Purana and the Visnudharmottara-Purana which predate the medieval texts, will be published soon, along with revised and re-edited texts of Manasollasa and Aparajitaprccha. The Mayamatam is the fourteenth and fifteenth volume in the Kalamulasastra series of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).

Indian Architectural Theory

Author : Vibhuti Chakrabarti
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780700711130
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Indian Architectural Theory written by Vibhuti Chakrabarti and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ground-breaking study the traditional Indian science of architecture and house-building, Vastu Vidya, is explored in terms of its secular uses, at the levels of both theory and contemporary practice. Vastu Vidya is treated as constituting a coherent and complete architectural programme, still of great relevance today. Chakrabarti draws on an impressive amount of textual material, much of it only available in Sanskrit, and presents several extremely valuable illustrations in support of the theories expounded. Each chapter deals with one architectural aspect, and chapters are divided into three sections. For each aspect, the first section explains the prescriptions of the traditional texts; the second section deals with the rather arbitrary use of that aspect by contemporary Indian architects trained in the western manner but striving to relate to Indian roots; while the last section in each chapter explores the selected use of that particular aspect by contemporary Vastu pundits, with their disregard for architectural idiom

Indian Architectural Theory and Practice

Author : Vibhuti Chakrabarti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136778829
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Indian Architectural Theory and Practice written by Vibhuti Chakrabarti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ground-breaking study the traditional Indian science of architecture and house-building,Vastu Vidya, is explored in terms of its secular uses, at the levels of both theory and contemporary practice. Vastu Vidya is treated as constituting a coherent and complete architectural programme, still of great relevance today. Chakrabarti draws on an impressive amount of textual material, much of it only available in Sanskrit, and presents several extremely valuable illustrations in support of the theories expounded. Each chapter deals with one architectural aspect, and chapters are divided into three sections. For each aspect, the first section explains the prescriptions of the traditional texts; the second section deals with the rather arbitrary use of that aspect by contemporary Indian architects trained in the western manner but striving to relate to Indian roots; while the last section in each chapter explores the selected use of that particular aspect by contemporary Vastu pundits, with their disregard for architectural idiom.

Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India

Author : Daud Ali
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521816274
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India by : Daud Ali

Download or read book Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India written by Daud Ali and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Yoga Journal

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yoga Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 30 years, Yoga Journal has been helping readers achieve the balance and well-being they seek in their everyday lives. With every issue,Yoga Journal strives to inform and empower readers to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for their bodies and minds. We are dedicated to providing in-depth, thoughtful editorial on topics such as yoga, food, nutrition, fitness, wellness, travel, and fashion and beauty.

Historic Cities

Author : Jeff Cody
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606065939
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Historic Cities written by Jeff Cody and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume in the GCI's Readings in Conservation series brings together a selection of seminal writings on the conservation of historic cities. This book, the eighth in the Getty Conservation Institute’s Readings in Conservation series, fills a significant gap in the published literature on urban conservation. This topic is distinct from both heritage conservation and urban planning despite the recent growth of urbanism worldwide, no single volume has presented a comprehensive selection of these important writings until now. This anthology, profusely illustrated throughout, is organized into eight parts, covering such subjects as geographic diversity, reactions to the transformation of traditional cities, reading the historic city, the search for contextual continuities, the search for values, and the challenges of sustainability. With more than sixty-five texts, ranging from early polemics by Victor Hugo and John Ruskin to a generous selection of recent scholarship, this book thoroughly addresses regions around the globe. Each reading is introduced by short prefatory remarks explaining the rationale for its selection and the principal matters covered. The book will serve as an easy reference for administrators, professionals, teachers, and students faced with the day-to-day challenges confronting the historic city under siege by rampant development.

General Knowledge for Competitive Examinations in Urban / Regional Planning

Author : Sakshi Sahni
Publisher : Insta Publishing
ISBN 13 : 939384917X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)

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Book Synopsis General Knowledge for Competitive Examinations in Urban / Regional Planning by : Sakshi Sahni

Download or read book General Knowledge for Competitive Examinations in Urban / Regional Planning written by Sakshi Sahni and published by Insta Publishing. This book was released on with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of the book floated about seven years ago, back in 2015, in the reading room of Bhai Gurdas Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar when I (Sakshi Sahni) was preparing for my Ph.D. entrance exam along with Hardeep Sekhon who was preparing for Assistant Town Planner exam. As time flew, Sanjay Mishra got involved with the tedious task of typing registers. Puneet Mehra got involved in co-ordinating, sorting and arranging the PPSC papers. Simranjot Singh took all the task of sketching and preparing illustrations using various software like Autocad, Sketchup, coral draw, photo shop etc. Gulpreet Kaur helped in the academic section editing and drafting. Rawal Singh helped in history of Architecture questions and its framing. The huge daunting task which seemed impossible was completed in the span of seven years by consistent efforts of all the authors with grace of almighty. With all of us placed at different locations, managed to contribute what we could do at our best. Planning students were great motivation and inspiration to us for whom the work has been produced and will help in their PPSC and GATE exam preparation. Since all the authors are the product of Guru Ram Das school of Planning, who made us what we are today we would sincerely like to express our gratitude towards our alma mater and would like to dedicate this book to Guru Ram Das ji and to the Department which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

The Indonesian Town Revisited

Author : P. Nas
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825860387
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Indonesian Town Revisited written by P. Nas and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2002 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indonesian Town Revisited reflects the growing interest in new towns and the urban sprawl around Jakarta, the economic crisis and its effects on the construction sector. Furthermore, a new direction in research is related to the growing interest in middle range cities. Some well-established topics are also covered, such as kampung improvement, urban conservation and migration.

VASTU - DISCRIMINATE-OBSOLETE-FRADULENT

Author : N.SHANKARAPPA
Publisher : KAVYAKALA PRAKASHANA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book VASTU - DISCRIMINATE-OBSOLETE-FRADULENT written by N.SHANKARAPPA and published by KAVYAKALA PRAKASHANA. This book was released on with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word Vastu has become synonym for the intellectual degradation of Indian mind. Vastushastra which was in oblivion for thousands of years was salvaged to lime light a few decades ago. The Vastushastra which is descriminitive at its roots , obsolete in time and fraudulent in practice became contagious spreading from metropolitan cities to remote villages. It is very saddening that Vastushastra is thriving through the nurturing of the well educated class of India under the guise of ancient building science which was developed by great seers& sages to lead fruitful life on earth. Each and every success and failure , joys and pains of an individual are recognized through Vastu compliance of his/her house. The basic life experiences which provided the courage and inspiration to face the vagaries of one’s life are condemned and taken over by Vastu compliance. In this age of science Vastushastra has devoured both literate and illiterate , uraban and rural population without any difference. The print and electronic media have become the vehicles of pseudoscience of Vastushastra bringing the fear that Indians may be losing their rationality. At this if juncture if we do not bring back the rationality of thinking , the life of common man will be in hands of Vastu pandits and experts mocking the intellectual maturity of Indian mind. In this book Author has shown in detail how Vastushastra is discriminative through its interwoven Varna (caste) system in building houses and obsolete for modern living. The fraudulent way of using Vastu by conman by pseudoscientific explanations to fleece the gullible public is highlighted. The evolution of Indian temples independent of Vastuhastra , the contrast between modern Architecture , Civil engineering are discussed in elaborate in the book.

Exploitation and Overexploitation in Societies Past and Present

Author : Brigitta Benzing
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825856540
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Exploitation and Overexploitation in Societies Past and Present written by Brigitta Benzing and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human impact on landscape can be conceptualised in terms of socially governed ecological systems. In the past the adaptive capacity of human cultural systems has been emphasised. Nowadays, a shift can be recognised towards modified views. Resources are discussed as prerequisites for establishing complex human societies. This includes also a more biologically minded view from the standpoint of the humanities. In such a view, human societal complexes can be understood as systems that manage energy and matters. The concept of social-metabolic regimes has developed in such a context. Cultures, as seen within this paradigm, are not undestood merely as autopoietic symbolic entities but as results of an interaction of material prerequisites and emerging social structures. One might dismiss this as an epistemiological shift, part of the play of science with itself. But it remains unsolved so far in terms of evolutionary theory if the ultimate goal of evolution is reproductive sucess or accessi

The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India

Author : Jennifer Howes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135789967
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India written by Jennifer Howes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how the material culture of South Indian courts was perceived by those who lived there in the pre-colonial period. Howes peels away the standard categories used to study Indian palace space, such as public/private and male/female, and replaces them with indigenous descriptions of space found in court poetry, vastu shastra and painted representations of courtly life. Set against the historical background of the events which led to the formation of the Ramnad Kingdom, the Kingdom's material circumstances are examined, beginning with the innermost region of the palace and moving out to the Kingdom via the palace compound itself and the walled town which surrounded it. An important study for both art historians and South India specialists. The volume is richly illustrated in colour.

Vāstu, Astrology, and Architecture

Author : Nilakanth Dash
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120816053
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Vāstu, Astrology, and Architecture written by Nilakanth Dash and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK:Vastu Sastra, an important limb of Jyotisa or astrology, is an ancient science and study of architecture and engineering. The present volume is an outcome of a symposium on Vastu. One of the goals of the symposium was to revive the lost

The Anatomy of the Village

Author : Thomas Sharp
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134472455
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Anatomy of the Village written by Thomas Sharp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Sharp was a key figure in mid-C20 British planning whose renown stems from two periods in his career. First, he came to attention as a polemical writer in the 1930s on planning issues, including as a virulent opponent of garden cities. His prose tempered over time and this phase perhaps culminated in Town Planning, first published in 1940 and reputed to have sold over 250,000 copies. Subsequently the plans he produced for historic towns in the1940s, such as Oxford, were very well known and were influential in developing ideas of townscape. Started as an official manual on village planning, The Anatomy of the Village followed on from the Scott Report, for which Sharp had been one of the Secretaries. When the Ministry decided not to proceed with the publication, Sharp himself published in it 1946. It became one of Sharp's best known works, with lucid prose and generous illustration by photograph and beautiful line-drawings of village plans. The aim of The Anatomy of the Village was to set out the main principles of village planning, especially in relation to physical design. Anatomy became a key text in thinking about villages in the post-war period; a period when there was great concern that settlements should develop in more sensitive ways than inter-war ribbon and suburban development patterns. The problems of poor quality development, unrelated to settlement form, was to continue to stimulate books such as Lionel Brett’s Landscape in Distress and campaigns from the Architectural Review. Reading the text today it still has much to offer: while some of its assumptions about the level of services a village might support clearly belong to another era, its beautiful and simple typological analyses of village form continue to be of relevance.

Building Jaipur

Author : Vibhuti Sachdev
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861891372
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Building Jaipur written by Vibhuti Sachdev and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An architectural biography of Jaipur, and a concise history of Indian architectural theory over the last 300 years.

Indo-Portuguese Architecture in Cochin and Kerala

Author : Helder Carita
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788189420130
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis Indo-Portuguese Architecture in Cochin and Kerala by : Helder Carita

Download or read book Indo-Portuguese Architecture in Cochin and Kerala written by Helder Carita and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Urban Pollution

Author : Eveline Dürr
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1845458486
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Urban Pollution written by Eveline Dürr and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-examining Mary Douglas’ work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization processes such as neoliberal urban policies, privatization of urban space, continued migration and spatialized ethnic tension. What has changed since the appearance of Purity and Danger? How have anthropological views on pollution changed accordingly? This volume focuses on cultural meanings and values that are attached to conceptions of ‘clean’ and ‘dirty’, purity and impurity, healthy and unhealthy environments, and addresses the implications of pollution with regard to discrimination, class, urban poverty, social hierarchies and ethnic segregation in cities.