The title translates roughly as the science of buildings, or vastu vidya — the traditional body of knowledge concerning the siting, orientation and proportion of houses and other structures, long practised across South Asia and still consulted in Sri Lanka when families build. This is a Sinhala treatment of that subject, written by Wasantha Kuruppu and issued by Godage Publishers, an established Colombo house publishing in Sinhala and English.
The book is written entirely in Sinhala. There is no English text, so reading it requires Sinhala literacy; buyers ordering from outside Sri Lanka should be clear on that before they order. The vocabulary of vastu is technical in any language, and readers who already know something of the tradition will find the terminology familiar.
It suits readers with a practical interest in traditional building principles — someone planning a house and wanting to understand the customary rules, a student of Sri Lankan architecture or folk knowledge, or a Sinhala reader abroad who wants a reference on the subject in their own language rather than in translation.
Godage's list covers a wide span of Sinhala non-fiction, from religion and history to practical and traditional subjects, and titles of this kind are often difficult to find outside Sri Lanka.
- Author: Wasantha Kuruppu
- Publisher: Godage Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 176
- ISBN: 978-955-30-3687-2
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