What is Vastu?
The Place where a person lives and performs work called
Vastu. According to Indian ancient classical texts Vastu means appropriate land
for house. All types of houses, buildings, cities, forts, bungalow industries
where ever a person lives or works called Vastu .Vastu in Sanskrit means nature
, a surrounding or environment. The word "Vaasthu" came from Vasthu, denoting
anything existing such as house, shelter building etc. Shastra in sanskrit means
systems. Vastu shastra is an ancient art and science containing principles and
practices of constructing buildings which ensures a harmonious balance between
man and nature and thereby bring all round happiness, health, wealth and
prosperity.
Vaastu sasthra, which means the science of the built area, is an ancient Indian architectural science. This science perfectly in tune with the natural law, lays down rules to create ideal conditions for living by connecting individual life with cosmic life. Vaastu represents a most developed worldview in which in which humans, plants and animals live in kinship.
Vaastu- an ancient architectural tradition of India based on Vedas.
Has developed its building technology on the fundamental premise that the earth or soil is a living organism out of which other living creatures and organic form emerge.
Vaastu by tradition is the life force contained within the earth.
Vaastu also means living space or dwelling space, which is on ‘vaastu’.
Vaastu is the individual site or land identified for a village or neighborhood.
Vaastu is also the building enclosure.
Man does not inhabit this earth alone; He inhabits ‘akasham’ or space. He is linked with his Shakti or energy to other energy form. He is part of a movement, a cycle of life and dealth, which is known as ‘Kaala’ (time). Space, Time and Energy are traditionally primed as existing in their free, unlimited state. Vaastu experts have not only devised an order pertaining to the creation of manifested space, but have also ascertained a link between time cycle and the life of a person.
Vaastu is not about magical cures but about the physical, psychological and spiritual order of the built environment and its consonance with the energies of the cosmic universe.
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Sky :
Aakaash - It is the unending (Anantha) regions remote from the Earth, in which not only our Solar System but the entire Galaxy (Brahmaan) exists. It's effective forces are light, heat, gravitational force and waves, magnetic field and others. Its main chactreistic is Shabda (Sound).
Air :
Vaayu - Atmosphere of the Earth which is about 400 kms, in depth and consists of 21% Oxygen (Praan Vaayu), Nitrogen 78%, Carbon-di-Oxide, Helium, other kinds of gases, dust particles, humidity and vapor in certain proportion. Life of Human beings, plants and animals and even fire depends on this. Its main characteristics are Shabda and Sparsha (Sound).
Fire :
Agni - Represents light and heat of fire (burning), lightning, volcanic or plutonic heat, the heat of fever or inflammation, energy, days and nights, seasons and such other aspects of Solar system, and also enthusiasm, ardor, passion, spirited vigor. It's main characteristics are Shabda, Sparsha and Roopa (form).
Water :
Jala - This is represented by rain, river, sea and is in the form of liquid, solid ice), and gas steam, cloud). It is a combination of hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio of two to one, perfectly neutral in reaction. In every plant and life on Earth water exists in certain proportion and its main characteristics are Shabda, Sparsha, Roopa and Rasa (taste)
Earth :
Bhuumi - Earth the third planet in order form the Sun, is a big magnet with north an south poles as centers of attractions. Its magnetic field and gravitational force has telling effects on everything on Earth whether living or non-living. It is tilted by about 23½° at the meridian of its either side for six months called Uttaraayana and Dakshinaayana and rotates on its own axis from West to East resulting in day and night. Its one orbit around sun takes 365 ¼ days (1- year) Three fourths of Earth's surface is water and one fourth is land. Its main characteristics are Shabda, Sparsha, Roopa, Rasa, and Guna (quality).
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