Vastu Shastra Explained: A plain-English Vaastu Shastra building architecture guide for those who wish to draw their own Vastu-compliant house plans - Softcover

Subhash, V

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798673350140

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

Most of those who build a house will do so only once in their lifetime. For this reason, it needs to be done right the first time. Even if you do not believe in traditional sciences like Vastu, you might still want to follow its recommendations just for the peace of mind. For the author, Vastu is a collection of time-tested architectural best practices that would be too good ignore. There are 'Vāstu experts' who up-sell the concept to solve all kinds of problems (totally unrelated to buildings) with their 'Vāstu remedies'. The author of this book proffers no such thing. Vāstu is about architectural efficiency and compatibility with natural elements. Expect nothing more.

This full-colour book:

• explains the main precepts of Vastu Shastra straight from Matsya Purana.
• provides information that would enable you to develop your initial house plan as per Vastu Shastra.
• includes some sample house plans to explain basic Vastu implementations.

Table of Contents

• Chapters
  • Sources of Vāstu Śastra
    • History of Vaastu Devata
  • Vāstu Śastra recommendations
    • Vāstu Mandala chart
    • Main entrance
    • Rooms
    • Trees
  • Other Vāstu Śastra considerations
    • Room dimensions
    • Five elements
    • Directions
    • Central area
  • Modern Vāstu interpretations
    • Kubera position
    • Water sources
    • Workplace
    • South-West corner
    • Staircases
    • Slope of floors and pipes
    • Bathroom and toilets
    • Septic tank
    • Ambiguous/conflicting interpretations
  • Non-Vāstu considerations
• Sample house plans
  • House plans for East-facing plot
  • House plans for North-facing plot
  • House plans for West-facing plot
  • House plans for South-facing plot
  • A note on nalukettu houses
  • Two-storey tiled house with full-height thattil
  • North-facing plot
  • South-facing plot
  • East-facing plot
  • West-facing plot
• Magnetic declination maps

Everything is explained in plain-English. You do not have to be a civil engineer or a draughtsman for creating your own Vastu-compliant plans.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798673350140
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 42