--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I don't see any reason why there couldn't be as much > > > variation among buildings designed on Sthapatya- > > > Vedic principles as there is in any style of > > > architecture. For that matter, it seems to me S-V > > > principles could be adapted to many *different* > > > styles of architecture, so there would be variation > > > among as well as within styles. > > > > And the grid layout for the cities? What happens > > to those cities that were creative enough to respect > > the natural flow of the land they were built on, and > > are not laid out along NESW grid lines? Or those > > cities and buildings that were designed to comply > > with *different* formulations of "ideal" layout, > > such as fung shei, Celtic geomancy, Tibetan Sa-che, > > or even Masonic guidelines (as in Washington, D.C.)? > > > > And aren't you forgetting Stage IV, in which all the > > old buildings are torn down? > > This is all a non sequitur. My comment was with regard > to the notion that S-V buildings would all look alike.
That was MY analogy to explain why all S-V cities might not look alike... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
