Re: [INDOLOGY] vāstśāstra

[Klaus Karttunen]

Dear Herman,
Henri Schildt : The Traditional Kerala Manor: Architecture of a South Indian Catuḥśāla House. (Institut Français de Pondichéry and Ecole Française D'Extrême Orient, Collection Indologie 117.) xiv, 473 pp. Pondicherry: All India Press, 2012. ISBN (IFP) 978 81 8470 189 0. ISBN (EFEO) 978 2 85539 126 7.
may have something of interest.

Best,
Klaus

Klaus Karttunen
South Asian and Indoeuropean Studies
Asian and African Studies, Department of World Cultures
PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38 B)
00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND
Tel +358-(0)2941 4482418
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Klaus.Karttunen at helsinki.fi






On Feb 18, 2015, at 11:15 PM, Tieken, H.J.H. wrote:

> The Hague, 18 February 2015.
> 
> Dear list members,
> 
> A history student from Delhi (JNU) presently in Leiden is writing a paper on vāstuśāstras as a source of historical studies. I want her at least to know of the ideas such as expressed by Vincent Lefèvre, in his book Commanditaires & artistes en Indu du Sud. Des Pallava aux Nāyak (VI-XVIII siècle). Paris 2006, pp. 95-107 regarding the practical use (or rather, the absence of that) of such texts for the artisans and craftsmen: Briefly, the texts were mainly concerned with rituals; whatever practical information on construction etc. which is there, is there as a by-product of the ritual interest. If artisans refer to these texts they do so to enhance their status.
> Unfortunately, the student does not read French. I hope that some of the members of this list are able to suggests some publications in English which deal with these matters.
> With kind regards, Herman Tieken 
> 
> 
> 
> Herman Tieken
> University of Leiden
> The Netherlands
> website: hermantieken.com
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