Vastushastra. Even a thought or a discussion on the subject, first raises the question, whether it is science or an art form. Since ancient times. 64 art forms and 716 subject were deeply studied by our ancient sages. All these art froms and subject are very and related to human life. Patanjali’s Yogashastra’; ‘Ayurveda by Dhanwantari ; the ‘Charaksamhita’; ‘Arthashastra’ of Kautiya; Chanakya vision of political science; unique mathematical studies by Aryabhatta; which later blossomed into ‘Jyotishastra’. In fact these deep studieshave made it possible for us to live our lives in happiness and prosperity.
 
    Every individual has a definite idea in his mind regarding his house. He makes every effort to make this idea materialize and when this idea really comes into existence he is naturally happy and thrilled .There is affinity in this house; there is love amongst the members of the family; there is a happy feeling of fulfillment as an owner; where the parents and their children, husband and wife; are real companions .In such a house the children dance happily, the elders rush to the house eagerly after finishing their daily chores. Just like the nature, where birds rush to their nests, the animals rush to their living places & the wild animals too, eagerly to their dens.     It is, however, observed that in some houses, the members do not have affinity for their home. They have no desire to comeback home. They spend more & more time out of the house and return as if they have no other option. The most important question here is why does this happen?

 As a matter of fact, the houses where we live or carry on various traders and professions; are built with the same material such as cement, bricks, mortar, lime, roofing, doors, windows etc. Inspire of the fact that the material used for building houses is the same, we come across houses having diverse experiences as described above. Vastushastra has given a deep thought and has deeply studied these diversities. Every house should be comfortable, pleasant to achieve the goal. There are a number of important forces which tend to influence human lives and ‘vastushastra’ is one of such important force.       Vastushastra is the implementation of ancient doctrines, in the internal structure and decoration of a building when it is being built. These ancient doctrines and principles constitute the shastra.     The Universe consists of five fundamental elements. These are the Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and the entire universe or the sky     The entire universe is made up of the five elements and eventually it merges in these elements. Every substance utilized to develop a building is important. The sun and its rays, and also the cosmic energy emanating from the planets, the ‘gravitational force’ of the earth are mutually related to the direction. As a result, they also influence the building where we live.       In short, Vastushastra is the science that synchronizes a balance between human life and nature. The five basic elements, the eight directions, the electro-magnetic and the gravitational forces of the earth, the cosmic energy emanating from the planets as well as the atmosphere and their influence on human life have all been taken into consideration in the vastushastra and a tuneful confluence of nature and human life has been brought about.

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