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Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 115 65. There will be a connector in between the panel and the bodily frame. The central connector will be half of the breadth of the door. 66. The doors should be made of good raw material, it should be strong, elegant and fixed in the proper direction. It should not be liquefied, lean, inflated in the middle or too twisted. 67. That type of door is best for all Vāstu which is not crooked, pro- jected outside, too low or too high or curved inwards. 68. The doors made above the floors are auspicious. The landing and the door should be made on the right side. 69. In between the floors, the doors of the building as well as the abode (Pada) of the deities should be constructed. It is not desir- able to make it on the corners (Śūlas) on the veins (Śirā) or in the important places. 70-72. A door faces multiple faults if it is obstructed by a main road or highway (Rathyā), courtyard, the place where four roads meet, pal- ace, idol, flagstaff, tank, well, canal (Praṇāla), lake, spring, whirl- pool, corner of a wall, tree, pillar, the panel of a door, lintels, cave, pile stack, mound of white ants, muddy place or the house of lower caste people. A door should not be erected in places which are the vital parts or veins of the construction. As well as: 73. If any part of the door, beam of a balance, column, peg, or latticed windows comes in the centre of the door, then there will be dis- ease, family distress and loss of wealth. 74. The constructions on the vital parts or the obstruction of the door is not to be considered faulty if it is obstructed by perma- nent objects, as well as a temple with slanting inclination, but occasionally there may be obstruction of the door. 75. There will be no obstruction at the interval of a wall, or the main street (Rājamārga) . If it is made by the broad rectangular fillet of a pillar or if it is from the inside of a wall, it is not regarded as obstruction.