Vāstu Śāstra — The Science of Architecture

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Taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey

Vedic scholar. Founder of VidyāSetu.

Curriculum

परिचय · Introduction

Vāstu Śāstra — Building in Harmony with Life — free to read (20 min)
What You Will Be Able to Do (20 min)
Course Metadata (20 min)
The Opening Invocation (Maṅgalācaraṇa) (20 min)
Invocation — Sanskrit, Meaning, Commentary (20 min)
The Purpose of Vāstu Śāstra (20 min)
A Holistic Vedic Science (20 min)
A Historical Timeline (20 min)
The Texts — a Genre, Not One Book (20 min)
Illustration — What Vāstu Śāstra Is (20 min)
The Teachers of Vāstu — the Paramparā (20 min)
The Teachers — Meaning & Commentary (20 min)
Checkpoint — Introduction (20 min)

वास्तुपुरुषमण्डल · The Cosmic Grid (Chapter 1)

वास्तुपुरुषमण्डल · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 1 · The Vāstu-Puruṣa-Maṇḍala — The Cosmic Grid (20 min)
The Grid Behind Everything (20 min)
The Square Grid (81 padas) (20 min)
The Padas and the Brahmasthān (20 min)
The Vāstu-Puruṣa (20 min)
Knowledge Check — the Maṇḍala (20 min)
Illustration — The Vāstu-Puruṣa-Maṇḍala (20 min)
Checkpoint — The Maṇḍala (20 min)

दिक् एवं दिक्पालाः · The Eight Directions (Chapter 2)

दिक् एवं दिक्पालाः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 2 · The Eight Directions and Their Lords (20 min)
The Compass of Guardians (20 min)
The Directional Lords (Dikpālas) (20 min)
Sanskrit — the Quarters (20 min)
Orientation: Design in Harmony with Nature (20 min)
Where the Ṛṣis Saw What Science Confirms (20 min)
Checkpoint — Directions (20 min)
Illustration — The Directions and Their Lords (20 min)

भूमिपरीक्षा · Choosing the Site (Chapter 3)

भूमिपरीक्षा · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 3 · Choosing the Site (Bhūmi-parīkṣā) (20 min)
Testing the Ground (20 min)
Illustration — Orientation and the Site (20 min)
Checkpoint — The Site (20 min)

मानम् एवं प्रमाणम् · Measurement & Proportion (Chapter 4)

मानम् एवं प्रमाणम् · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 4 · Measurement and Proportion (20 min)
The Human Module (20 min)
The Ayādi Ṣaḍvarga — Six Proportional Formulas (20 min)
Knowledge Check — Proportion (20 min)
Illustration — Proportion and Harmony (20 min)
Checkpoint — Proportion (20 min)

गृहनिर्माणम् · The House (Chapter 5)

गृहनिर्माणम् · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 5 · The House — Placing the Rooms (20 min)
Placing the Rooms (20 min)
Placement as Wellbeing (20 min)
Illustration — The House (20 min)
Checkpoint — The House (20 min)

मन्दिरम् · The Hindu Temple (Chapter 6)

मन्दिरम् · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 6 · The Hindu Temple — a Cosmos in Stone (20 min)
The Temple Is the Maṇḍala, Built (20 min)
The Parts of a Temple (20 min)
Temple Anatomy — the Parts (20 min)
Sanskrit — Temple Anatomy (20 min)
Knowledge Check — the Temple (20 min)
Illustration — The Hindu Temple (20 min)
Checkpoint — The Temple (20 min)

स्थापत्यशैल्यः · The Three Styles (Chapter 7)

स्थापत्यशैल्यः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 7 · The Three Styles — Nāgara, Drāviḍa, Vesara (20 min)
The Three Towers (20 min)
The Three Styles — the Table (20 min)
Going Deeper — the Styles (20 min)
Knowledge Check — the Styles (20 min)
Checkpoint — The Styles (20 min)

नगररचना · Town Planning (Chapter 8)

नगररचना · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 8 · Town Planning (20 min)
Grid Towns and Zoning (20 min)
Illustration — Town Planning (20 min)
Checkpoint — Town Planning (20 min)

शिल्पम् एवं प्रतिमा · Iconography & Sculpture (Chapter 9)

शिल्पम् एवं प्रतिमा · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
Chapter 9 · Iconography and Sculpture (Śilpa) (20 min)
The Tāla System (20 min)
Checkpoint — Sculpture (20 min)

उपसंहार · Vedic Science & Review

A Household Verse from the Tradition — free to read (20 min)
The Household Verse — Commentary (20 min)
Vedic Wisdom and Modern Science — One Truth (20 min)
Two Languages, One Wisdom (20 min)
Comparative Knowledge (20 min)
Key Sanskrit Vocabulary (20 min)
Common Misconceptions (20 min)
Frequently Asked Questions (20 min)
Practical Applications & Legacy (20 min)
Your Capstone Project (20 min)
A Closing Image (20 min)
About the Images in This Course (20 min)
About the Images in This Course (20 min)