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Vastu etymologically means "the place where people dwell" and Vastu Sastra is broadly understood as the science dealing with dwelling places. This definition of Vastu has led to people linking it with architecture and engineering which, though not incorrect, vastly restricts and mutilates the real import of the science. Vastu, in its principal conceptualization, means the 'site' or the 'land' and how it is placed and only then with what man dies with it.
In Sanskrit Vastu ordinarily means a dwelling house. It also denotes the lot of land over which a dwelling house is built. Silpa Sastras and astrological works deal with this subject exhaustively. Niranjan Babu has made a careful study of most of the extant classical literature and appears to have a firm grip on the subject. It is necessary that houses, factories, hotels, etc. be constructed according to Vastu so that destructive vibrations emanating from nature ...