Agni – the lord of fire, located in the southeast direction
Aap – water, one of the five elements
Aakash – space, one of the five elements
Atman – individual consciousness
Brahma – the creator of the universe
Brahmastan – the central courtyard and energy center of the house, the heart of the house
Dhumam – southeast
Dwajam – east
Gajam – north
Jiva – the soul
Jyotish – indian astrology
Kakam – northeast
Kharam – northwest
Mayan was an architect and town planner of ancient India
Mayamata – a treatise on building and architecture, authored by Mayan
Purusha – consciousness itself
Parmataman – universal consciousness
Prana – life force
Prakriti – nature
Shrishti – creation of the entire universe
Simham – south
Sthapati – a master sculptor/architect of Vastu Science
Sthapatya ved – the science and art of applying the universal laws of Vastu Science to to towns, buildings and sculpture
Also: sthapatya veda, sthapatyaved
Sutregrahi – vedic term for draftsman
Swanam – southwest
Takshaka – vedic term for carpenter
Vaastu Purusha – the energy contained in the Earth
Vardhaki – vedic term for mason
Vastu – Derived from the the word “to dwell, live”: That which lives forever. If you take the universe and crush it into a drop, that is Vastu: the substance of the universe. It is eternally living.
Also: vasthu
Vaastu: what has issued out of Vastu is Vaastu. Vaastu is the manifest Universe: every “thing” in it. Vastu becomes Vaastu. E=mc2 Energy becomes matter: this is the Divine formula
Also: vaasthu
Vastu Purusha Mandala – The plan of the layout of a temple or a residential building
Also: mandala purusha vastu, mandal purush vaastu
Vastu sastra – science of energy, of energy applied in a vastu
Also: vaastu shastra, vasthu saastra, vaastu shaastra and other spellings
Vastudevata (vastupurush) – the energy – or deity – of the premises
Vasthu Vidya – knowledge of vasthu
Vidya – Knowledge
Vedanta – a name for the vedic texts, the Upanishads
