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

Ch. V – Gṛhavinyāsaḥ lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ 133 After Examination (Vīkṣya) 8. On the left side of a house there will be the dressing room, gra- nary, temple and medicinal room. On the right side the room for lighting and other accessories should be made. Now the planning of a King's palace 9. The royal palace should be erected in the front part of the city occupying three-fourths of the area. In a fort, according to the nature of the soil, one should construct a palace either in the West or in the North In the Aparājitapṛcchā 10. According to the measurement of 1, 2 and 3 thousand hands, the King's palace may be of three types. The royal palace will be elevated, consisting of the temple, garden and lakes. 11. The best palace will be adorned with three ramparts, a moat and four Gopuras (main gates). It will face either the East or South, but never the West or North. 12. If the land is divided into 81 Pādas, the central part should be drawn as Brahmapada. In the approach (Āya) there shall be gate- ways and pavilions. 13. The coronation hall will be on the Vivasvata (South) and the main rooms on the Mitrasthāna (Western side). The halls should be on the Pṛthvīdhara and the treasury (Bhāṇḍāgāra) on the site of Āpa. 14. Ambarāgāra - the sky gazing room ² - is on the āpavatsa (North East side) and the dining hall is on the Sāvitra (South). The best one on the East (Savitari) and the community kitchen should be placed on the left (Savya). 15. On the Indra (East) and Indrarāja (South-West), the houses of the King as well as the Queen Mother will be built, and on the Rudra (North-West) the house of the Queen and other women of the royal palace, related to the King, will be made. 2 At that period, there seems to be a particular room which was used to gaze the sky and Rana Kumbha was specially interested in that and a hanging room was found in the palace of Kumbhalgarh.