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Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 109 37. For a house the central part of the land is to be elevated, but for a temple low land is considered beneficial too. The site of the King’s palace should be as high as the shoulder of an elephant. 38. The placing of the foundation deposit in a house and others should be performed with the grains kept in a copper plate, earth, roots, medicinal herbs and other ingredients with gems and the respective symbols. 39. By the moment Brahmā and Maitra belong to the Sun and the Moon, with the constellation of Puṣyā, Svātī, Uttarā, and by the moment of Pitṛ joins Puṣya star, the foundation deposit should be laid with these stars in the fixed position. 40.In a house, the foundation deposit is to be placed on Indra, Bhallāṭa, Gṛhakṣata, Puṣpadanta or under the pillar/column located on the right side of the door. 41. A correctly placed foundation deposit gives all kinds of wealth, whereas wrongly placed foundation deposit destroys everything. So, by all means one should lay out the foundation deposit properly. Thus ends the laying out of the foundation of the deposit. In the measurement of each hand, stones should be spread out and the ground will be lower by 4 1/8 th. 42-43. A brick wall will be 1/16th of the diameter of a house. It is medium if less by 14th part, Uttama if less by half, and Kaniṣṭha if less by 1 1/4th Aṅgula. Other people say it may be less by 30 Aṅgulas or 1/30th. Thus ends the wall 44. In a Śālā two Nāgadantas are to be erected on the left and two on the right side. In a Ekaśālā house it may be kept on the 12th part or at intervals of 6th onwards. 45. It is auspicious if it is kept equal to the upper part of the door, but regarded as inauspicious if it faces the main house. In a temple, the lamp-stand is to be placed on the left side and it is on the right side in a dwelling of human beings.