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The Shilpa Shastra
What it is, why it matters, and why no luxury brand has used it, until now
6 min read · 1 February 2025
The Shilpa Shastra is the ancient Indian canon of sacred architecture and iconometry. Written between the 5th and 12th centuries CE, it prescribes the exact proportions of every sacred form: the height of a deity relative to its head, the length of each limb, the correct gesture of each hand.
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