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Kashyapa (architectural teaching, via Utpala)

Kāśyapa

txt-kashyapa-vastu

Definition

An architectural authority Utpala quotes repeatedly on BS 56 (temple types, dimensions); Bhat notes Utpala leans on Kashyapa in lieu of the lost Garga/Manu.

Classical

Prāṇa relevance

Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.

Sources

txt-utpala-vivrtion 56.20–28 (via Bhat)Classical✓ verifiedRepeatedly quoted by name for temple-type characteristics and dimensions

Other attributes

Text Class: mula
Approx Date: pre-10th c. (quoted by Utpala)
Attribution: sage Kashyapa
Transmission Note: Known through Utpala's quotations; claims sourced proximately to txt-utpala-vivrti with Kashyapa named. Possibly the Kashyapa-shilpa / Kashyapa-samhita of the shilpa tradition — identity to confirm (Q28).

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