Text / Sourcestubschool: pan-indian· Bṛhat Saṁhitā

Maya (architectural teaching)

Maya

txt-maya-vastu

Definition

Maya's teaching, cited in BS for a storey-height figure (56.28: storey = 108 digits) and as the sole named authority for the fourth adamantine-glue recipe (57.8, vajra-sanghata).

Classical

Prāṇa relevance

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

Sources

txt-brihat-samhita56.28; 57.8Classical✓ verifiedstorey-height 108 digits; vajra-sanghata recipe

Other attributes

Text Class: mula
Approx Date: ancient
Attribution: Maya (asura-architect)
Transmission Note: Named by Varahamihira directly (not only via Utpala). The southern tradition's Mayamata is the obvious comparison target — do NOT identify yet (Q15/Q28). Maya already appears in Step 1 (Hiranyagarbha vs Maya building-categories, Q9).

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