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

Chapter V [Gṛhvinyāsaḥ Lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ] Now the planning of a house and its peculiarities will be described.

1. The planning (of a house ) should be done in such a way that the door should be placed in the Eastern direction. Planning will start from the North-East corner excepting that the bedroom and din- ing room should not be placed therein. This is also quoted in Vivekavilāsa.
2. According to necessity, the door should be planned in the East- ern side of a house, but the Eastern direction will not to be determined by the phenomena of sunrise as it is known.
3. In a house the door should be built facing the East, and there will be a broad courtyard. In the South-East corner (Agni) there will be a kitchen, cowshed, and the kitchen for the chief queen.
4. In the South (Yāmya) there will be a water reservoir, dancing court, dining hall and in the South-West (Nairṛtya)¹ there will be bath- room for children and the place for the care of the body.
5. The site for ponds will be in the West and in the North-East (Vāyu) corner the storage for rice and oil will be constructed. In the North (Saumya) there will be the treasury and garden; the temple should be in the North-East (Īśa) corner.
6. The main room will be in the centre position and it can be used as the master’s bedroom, if one wishes so. In a West-facing house, the God should be kept facing towards South.
7. The cow-shed will face either towards South or North, never to- wards East or West.
8. Nairṛtya is the direction of Nirṛti (South-West).