Library · Vastu
Mayamata
मयमत
- Author
- Attributed to Maya
- Period
- Roughly 9th–12th century CE, South India (dating debated)
- Tradition
- Vastu
Summary
A South Indian treatise on architecture and iconography covering site selection, soil testing, orientation by gnomon, the square site-grid (vastupurusha mandala), village and town plans, temples, houses and images. It is one of the most systematic surviving Vastu texts.
Structure
36 chapters of verse (counts vary by edition).
Where to read
Critical edition and English translation by Bruno Dagens (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts).