Mayamata

The Mayamata is a Vastusastra, that is to say a 'treatise on dwelling and as such it deals with all the facets of gods' temple dwellings, from the choice of a site to the iconography of temple walls. It contains many precise descriptions of villages and towns as of temples, houses, mansions and palaces. It gives indications for the selection of a proper orientation, of right dimension and of appropriate building materials. It intends to be a manual for the architect and a guide-book for the laym