दिक् एवं दिक्पालाः · Chapter Overview
From Vāstu Śāstra — The Science of Architecture, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="statement">What this chapter covers | This chapter names the eight directions and their guardian deities (dikpālas) and the element each carries — from Indra in the east to Īśāna, the "head", in the north-east. It shows how the sacred orientation encodes real bioclimatic wisdom: open the light NE, mass the heavy SW, place the kitchen in the fire quarter (SE), and drain toward the low corner — design that modern science confirms.</pre>