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

Ch. III – Durgādilakṣaṇam 97 Now the reservoirs: It is Śrīkṛṣṇa's advice to Yudhiṣṭhira :- 84. It is better to roam around the forests for a hundred years than to reserve money in the house, for wealth may be destroyed within a moment. 85. So, O Kaunteya– even if you have to give all your money, dig one water reservoir in the land. If the cows are made free of thirst then your seventh generation will be relieved from worldly sufferings. 86. The water reservoirs named as Nandā³, Bhadrā, Jayā and Vijayā will be serially connected with three, six, nine, and twelve projections with one, two, three, and four entrances. 87-89a. Dimensions of the Kūpas⁴ will start from four hands up to ten hands. They are of manifold varieties known as - Śrīmukha, Vijayā, Prānta, Dundubhi, Manohara. Cūḍāmaṇi, Digbhadra, Jaya, Nandana and Śaṅkara. The Kuṇḍas will be square in shape and their variet- ies will be Bhadra, Subhadra which is an addition to Bhadrā, Nandā, which is attached to Pratibhadra and Parigha which is similar to Madhyabhiṭṭa. 89b-90a. In breadth, a Kuṇḍa will be from eight hands to 100 hands and it will be accompanied by four entrances. In the Madhyabhiṭṭa as well as in Śālā, an image of God should be installed. Sara resembles the half crescent of the Moon while Mahāsara is round in shape. Bhadra is a square one, while Subhadra is joined together with Bhadra. Now the garden: 90b-92. He, who lays out a pleasure garden, resides in the heaven for 420,000 years. There he does worship of the gods, has enjoy- ment and by pleasing the creating beings. The best type of garden is to be created either inside or outside the city.

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3. Nandā - Ekavaktra and Trikūṭa Bhadrā - Dvivaktra and Ṣaṭkūṭa Jayā - Trivakra and Navakūṭa Vijaya - Caturvaktra and Dvādaśakūta L.K. Shukla - P. 53
4. Here we find a Kūpa will be from 4 hands to 10 hands in dimension but in L.K. Shukla's book which mainly deals with Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra, reference of a Kūpa measuring 13 hands is also available.