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

Ch. VI – Śālādi gṛhalakṣaṇam 153 Now the variety of Dviśālā 60-61. Serially they are Hastinī, Mahiṣī, Gāvī and Chāgalī. The pair of white swans etc. should have eight designations. They are two swans (Haṁsa), two drakes (Cakras) and two cranes (Sārasa) and two cuckoos (Kokilas). It is known that serially they are for Hastinī and others. 62. Equalizing four corners and keeping nine inner Pādas (Koṣṭha) within a three-fold set up, and a triangle (nine Pādas), one should think of a twin apartment, leaving the central chambers. 63. Constructed on the Southern and South East (Āgneya) corner of the plot, the Hastinī type of house will face the Northern side. The Mahiṣī type of house will be constructed on the Western as well as the South-East corner of the plot and it will face the East- ern side. 64. The Gāvī type of house will be built on the North and North- West corner and it will face the Southern direction. The Chāgalī type of the house will be constructed on the East and North-West corner and it will face the Western side. 65. Śrīdhara will have Alindas in the front part. Jayāvaha will have Alindas on the fore part of the South. Śrījaya should be placed at the place of circumambulation and Kāmada is to be placed on the main pairs. 66. Jayanta and Śobhana Śālās have Alindas on the front part of the South. Viśāla type of Śālā will have two Alindas at the place of cir- cumambulation.