नगररचना · 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 | Vāstu does not stop at buildings — the Mānasāra lays out whole towns. This chapter names the classic layouts (daṇḍaka, svastika, nandyāvarta, padmaka, cakra) and shows how a town was zoned: temple or palace at the centre, quarters by function, gates to the cardinal directions. It presents Vāstu as one of the world's early systematic urban-design traditions — the maṇḍala at city scale.</pre>