Penguin Guide to Vaastu: The Classical Indian Science of Architecture and Design
Book Details
Author(s)Sashikala Ananth
PublisherPenguin Books,India
ISBN / ASIN014027863X
ISBN-139780140278637
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank3,040,286
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Language: English
Pages: 202 (Throughout Color Illustrations)
Back of The Book
Almost fifteen hundred years before modern architecture came into its own, Vaastu Shastra, the classical Indian treatise on architecture, had set down principles of good planning and design which have been in practice in this country ever since.
Today, people expect a Vaastu application to provide them instant curse and unending prosperity by relocating an entrance, without or room. However, Ananth, in this meticulously researched book, seeks to place Vaastu in its proper perspective as a highly evolved science, ridding it of the myths surrounding it. She examine the schools of thought existing in the tradition, the systems application, and the responsibilities of the designer.
Supplemented with beautiful illustrations, this book is an authoritative text which combines traditional wisdom with the needs of a modern and transitional society.
About the Author
Sashikala Ananth holds a degree in architecture from the School of Architecture Madras University. She has spent the last fifteen years assimilating traditional knowledge and exploring its field application. A recipient of the Ashoka Foundations Scholarship for innovative contribution to the field of architecture she was also part of a team that made the 1991 award winning film A Shilpi Speaks that explains the tradition of the sculptor, and has published a book, The Indian Tradition of Design Based on Vastu Shastra.
Ananth is a Student of Shri Ganapati Sthapati a leading authority on Vaastu on Vaastu Shastra and has also translated his text on iconometry into english. She has studied the Vaastu texts extensively and has worked with traditional artisan communities. She lives in Chennai where she works on projects incorporating the wisdom of Vaastu in creative and harmonious ways the modern lifestyle.
Introduction
There are innumerable mythological sto
Pages: 202 (Throughout Color Illustrations)
Back of The Book
Almost fifteen hundred years before modern architecture came into its own, Vaastu Shastra, the classical Indian treatise on architecture, had set down principles of good planning and design which have been in practice in this country ever since.
Today, people expect a Vaastu application to provide them instant curse and unending prosperity by relocating an entrance, without or room. However, Ananth, in this meticulously researched book, seeks to place Vaastu in its proper perspective as a highly evolved science, ridding it of the myths surrounding it. She examine the schools of thought existing in the tradition, the systems application, and the responsibilities of the designer.
Supplemented with beautiful illustrations, this book is an authoritative text which combines traditional wisdom with the needs of a modern and transitional society.
About the Author
Sashikala Ananth holds a degree in architecture from the School of Architecture Madras University. She has spent the last fifteen years assimilating traditional knowledge and exploring its field application. A recipient of the Ashoka Foundations Scholarship for innovative contribution to the field of architecture she was also part of a team that made the 1991 award winning film A Shilpi Speaks that explains the tradition of the sculptor, and has published a book, The Indian Tradition of Design Based on Vastu Shastra.
Ananth is a Student of Shri Ganapati Sthapati a leading authority on Vaastu on Vaastu Shastra and has also translated his text on iconometry into english. She has studied the Vaastu texts extensively and has worked with traditional artisan communities. She lives in Chennai where she works on projects incorporating the wisdom of Vaastu in creative and harmonious ways the modern lifestyle.
Introduction
There are innumerable mythological sto
