[INDOLOGY] diagram of vāstupuruṣa on manuscripts

Dagmar Wujastyk d.wujastyk at gmail.com
Thu Mar 7 22:57:39 UTC 2024


Unfortunately Volwahsen only states "from an old Indian manual of
architecture" - at least in the English version. I don't have a copy of the
German version.
All the best,
Dagmar

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 at 15:51, Hock, Hans Henrich <hhhock at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Perhaps this might help in tracking the origin of the drawing?
>
> Volwahsen, Andreas (1968): *Indien. Bauten der Hindus, Buddhisten und
> Jains*. Fribourg. S. 44
>
> Best wishes,
>
> HHH
>
>
> On Mar 7, 2024, at 16:25, Dagmar Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <
> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
> We are all familiar with the diagram of the vāstupuruṣa (image attached
> from Volwahsen 1969). Does anyone know whether this image/diagram is found
> in any manuscripts of the Bṛhatsamhitā (or another work?) or whether this
> is a modern drawing (perhaps by Kramrisch)? If this image occurs on
> manuscripts, can anyone tell me the date(s) of such manuscripts or any
> other information on them?
> Any pointer would be welcome.
> Many thanks,
> Dagmar Wujastyk
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