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

Ch. VIII – Prakīrṇakādhyāyaḥ 199 Now the pavilion of a house The pavilion known as Samartha is a square one with sixteen pillars. With the addition of two more pillars and different types of mouldings (called) Bhūdhara, Dakṣasaṁjñga, Devārkṣa, Kṣitibhūṣaṇa Maṇḍapas are built. These five types of house pavilions are to be built for Brahmins and others. 45- 46. Now the altars A quadrilateral altar known as Svastikā is auspicious for marriage, as a seat, in a sacrifice and for the worship of the King. 47. Attached with four Bhadrās, the Bhadrā type of altar is auspicious for the consecration of Liṅgas. The Śrīdhara with 20 corners is suitable for the consecration for praying to the Gods. 48. The Padminī type of altar is eight cornered, and shaped like the petals of a lotus and auspicious for the worship of Gods, consecration, coro- nation, lustration of arms and so on. 49. The length of the altar of the Brahmin and others will be 7, 6, 5, 4 hands respectively. The breadth will be three, two, one hands short and if the height is 1/3rd of the breadth then it is regarded as auspi- cious. 50. For a marriage, the altar will be of 7 hands and it will be placed either towards the North-East corner or to the left side of a house. 51. Now the Royal Throne For the measurement of the length of a royal throne the height will be up to 60 relative units. The medium one will be up to 50 Aṅgulas and the smaller one begins from 40 Aṅgulas onwards. 52.