वास्तु मण्डन (मण्डन सूत्रधार - गृह, राजप्रासाद, दुर्ग एवं नगर-वास्तु सटीक)

Ch. III – Durgādilakṣaṇam 87 31. The fort brings happiness if its shape is circle, oval, eight cor- nered, eight sided, and shape of a barley, Svastika or Puruṣa. 32. One or two may be of the shape of a cart and a fort may have three or six corners in the shape of Vajra, trident or serpent; ex- cess corners should be discarded. 33. The city should be decorated with markets, ramparts, Gopuras, pal- aces, houses, gardens, pillars of fame and water reservoirs. 34. A village will be half of a city, a Kheṭaka will be half of a village, a Kūṭa will be half of a Kheṭaka, and a Karvaṭa will be half of a Kūṭa. 35. In a city, village, Kheṭaka, Kūṭa, or Karvaṭa the roads should be serially constructed. Among the 17 number of roads there will be three or two roads in each direction. These are the characteristics of a fort and a city-etc. 36. For the protection of a fort, machines should be manufactured in the prescribed method. The king will be victorious if he worships those with offerings of wine and meat. 37. While the war was going on between the Gods and demons, the powerful demons overpowered the Gods. At that time, Lord Śiva narrated the method of making weapons to Viśvakarmā. 38. Those weapons were of different types and made of stone, which were devoid of blood stains. (After their use) the demons were unable to get up and the Gods became winners . 39. Among eighty four types of machineries, nine are meant for using in the air, nine are for water. Firearms are of six types and war machines are of sixty varieties. 40. The weapon, which has an eight cubit long rod, is known as Bhairava, while Candrasampatti is known to have nine cubits and Ādibhairava is with ten cubit long rods.