vastupuruSa drawing

[Artur Karp]

At 14:42 2000-06-16 +0100, J. Daniel White wrote:

>Can anyone recommend a source for detailed line drawings and/or paintings of
>vastupurusa as an anthropomorphic form?  I've seen a few designs of the
>vastupurusa in this form on class charts, etc. in India but have not seen
>them in any published form.


You may look out Adrian Snodgrass's _Architecture, Time and Eternity.
Studies in the Stellar and Temporal Symbolism of Traditional Buildings_,
(Aditya Prakashan New Delhi, 1990, vols I-II) for the drawing, and,
hopefully, relevant bibliographical references.

Regards,

Artur Karp
University of Warsaw
Poland