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目次：
【PART I　THE SITE】
TIRTHA AND TEMPLE
SITE AND BUILDER
THE STABILITY OF THE SITE
PURIFICATION, INSEMINATION AND LEVELLING OF THE SITE

【PART　II　THE PLAN】
SQUARE AND CIRCLE: VEDIC ORIGINS
THE SQUARE MANDALA OF THE EARTH AND OF THE ECLIPTIC
SYMBOLISM OF THE SQUARE {THE ENCLOSURE／THE ORNAMENT OF VISVAKARMAN}
THE REMAINDER {THE FORM OF MARTANDA／VASTU, THE REMAINDER}
THE TWO MAIN TYPES OF THE VASTU DIAGRAM {A. THE MANDALA OF 64 SQUARES／B. THE MANDALA OF 81 SQUARES AND THE VASTUPURUSA}
THE ORGANISM OF THE PLAN
THE SERIES OF 32 TYPES OF THE VASTUMANDALA
VARIOUS CLOSED POLYGONS AS SHAPES OF THE VASTUMANDALA

【PART　III　PLAN AND SUPERNAL MAN】
AGNI-PRAJAPATI AND VASTUPURUSA
THE SUBTLE BODY OF THE PURUSA AND ITS PICTURES
THE DESCENT OF THE VASTUPURUSA
NATURE AND NAME OF THE VASTUPURUSA
THE GODS AS CONSTITUENTS OF THE `BODY' OF THE VASTUPURUSA

【PART IV　THE SBSTANCES OF WHICH THE TEMPLE IS BUILT】
BRICK
STONE
WOOD
PLASTER
THE `GERM' OF THE TEMPLE

【PART V　NAMES AND ORIGINS OF THE TEMPLE】
THE MANES {VIMANA／PRASADA／FURTHER NAMES OF THE TEMPLE}
THE OBJECT IN BUILDING A TEMPLE
ARCHITECTURAL ORIGINS {1 CITI, THE ALTER／2 THE DOLMEN／3 THE SHED OF INITIATION AND THE TABERNACLE}
THE IMAGE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THE CAVERN {A. THE GARBHAGRHA／B. THE SUPERPOSITION OF SHAPES ALONG THE VERTICAL AXIS／C. THE FORM OF THE VERTICAL AXIS}

【PART　VI　THE SUPERSTRUCTURE】
I.　THE PYRAMIDAL SUPERSTRUCTURE FORMED OF SLABS
　IA. THE PYRAMIDAL SUPERSTRUCTURE FORMED OF SLABS {IA1. THE STEPPED TRUNK OF THE PYRAMID／IA2. THE STRAIGHT TRUNK WITH ROUND EDGED SLABS}
　IB. THE PYRAMIDAL, SUPERSTRUCTURE COMPOSED OP STOREYS {IB1. THE STEPPED TRUNK OF THE PYRAMID FORMED OF SINGLE STOREYS／IB2. THE "HIGH TEMPLE"／IB3. THE ENCLOSURE OF CHAPELS}
II　THE CURVILINEAR SUPERSTRUCTURE
　THE MAIN VARIETIES OF THE CURVILINEAR SUPERSTRUCTURE
　IIA. THE CLUSTER OF SIKHARAS
　IIB. THE SIKHARA ENMESHED IN GAVAKSAS
　IIC. THE COMPOSITE SIKHARA
FUNCTION AND FORM OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE

【PART　VII　PROPORTIONATE MEASUREMENT AND VARIETIES OF THE TEMPLE】
I　PROPORTIONATE MEASUREMENT OF THE TEMPLE
　THE RHYTHMIC DISPOSITION OF THE GROUND PLAN AND　OF THE VERTICAL SECTION
　POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF THE TEMPLES
　THE NORMS OF PROPORTIONATE MEASUREMENT {FROM THE SIXTH CENTURY TO c.900 A.D.／ROPORTIONATE MEASUREMENT ABOUT 1000 A.D.}
　PROPORTIONS OF THE MANDARA
　THE PROPORTIONS OF SOUTH INDIAN TEMPLES
II　VARIETIES OF THE TEMPLE AND THEIR GENESIS
　A. THE TWENTY TEMPLES
　B. THE FIVE VIMANAS AND THE 45 TEMPLES
　C. THE FIVE VIMANAS AND THE 64 HALL TEM
　NAGARA, DRAVIDA AND VESARA

【PART VIII　THE IMAGES OF THE TEMPLES】
POSITION AND PROPORTION OF THE IMAGES OF THE GODS
SIMBOLS OF ENTRY AND EXIT {THE DOOR AND ITS IMAGES／THE `WINDOWS': GAVAKSA}
IMAGES OD SAKTI {SAEDULA, LION AND LIONESS／THE FEMALE POWER}
SYMBOLS OF REINTEGRATION {THE IMAGES OF IMMANENT BREATH／MITHUNA, THE STATE OF BEING A COUPLE／AMALAKA／THE TEMPLE AS PURUSA}

【EXPLANATION OF PLATES】

APENDIX
THE HUNDRED-AND-ONE TEMPLES OF THE VISNUDHARMTTARA
VASTUPURUSAVIDAHNA OF NARADA, CHAPTERS VIII AND X
HAYASIRSAPANCARATRA, CHAPTER XIII
KAMIKAGAMA, CHAPTER XLIX

SOURCES
INDEX
PLATES I-LXXX