बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

Adh. LIII. Sl. 57.] त्रिपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 439 Though the author speaks of only quadrangular houses here, elsewhere, he speaks of hexangular, octangular, circular, etc. houses). [चित्र विवरण / Diagram Details: Directions: NORTH (Top), EAST (Right), SOUTH (Bottom), WEST (Left) Outer / Inner Cells: ROGA / PAPAYAKSHMA, AHI, MUKHYA, BHALLATA, SOMA, BHUJAGA, ADITI, DITI / SIKHI, PARJANYA, JAYANTA, INDRA, SURYA, SATHYA, BRISA, ANTARIKSHA / ANILA, PUSHAN, VITATHA, BRIHATKSHATA, YAMA, GANDHARVA, BHRINGARAJA, PITRU / MRIGA, DAUVARIKA, SUGRIVA, KUSUMADANTA, VARUNA, ASURA, SOSHA, Diagonals / Inner Deities: RUDRA / RAJAYAKSHMA, APAHA / APAVATSA, SAVITA / SAVITRA, JAYANTA / INDRA, Inner Ring: PRITHVIDHARA, ARYAMAN, VIVASWAN, MITRA, Center: ब्रह्मा / BRAHMA] सम्पाता वंशानां मध्यानि समानि यानि च पदानाम् । मर्माणि तानि विन्द्यान्न तानि परिपीडयेत्प्राज्ञः ॥५७॥ Sloka 57.—The meeting points of the longer dia- gonals and the exact middle points of the squares should be considered as the vulnerable points which a wise man ought not to hurt. Utpala seems to have written a work on architecture; for he says: तथा चास्मदीयवास्तुविद्यायाम् । रोगाद्वायुं नयेत्सूत्रं पितृतोऽथ हुताशनम् । एतत्सूत्रद्वयं प्रोक्तं मुनिभिर्वंशसंज्ञितम् ॥