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

Ch. VIII – Prakīrṇakādhyāyaḥ 213 106. Then the master and mistress of the house with their relatives will enter the house with riches and meditate on the great Lord of the Earth. 107. The mistress will make offerings of rice with curry to the presid- ing deity of the house, chanting 'Om, salute to the lord of the house' and then distribute the offering. 108. Then the sages, Brahmins, architects, carpenters are to be greeted with gems, wealth, clothing, rice and cattle by the owner of the house. 108. The inmates of the house will dine with relatives and friends for the prosperity of the house. 109. Being requested by the son of Devasiṁha, the son of Kṣetra, the architect Maṇḍana composed this work. Thus ends the 8th chapter named Prakīrṇakādhyāya of Vāstumaṇḍana, the book on Vāstuśāstra written by Maṇḍana Sūtradhāra. Vāstumaṇḍana is complete. The first chapter consists of 207 Ślokas. the second chapter contains 85 Ślokas. There are 94 Ślokas in the third chapter. The fourth chapter contains 130 Ślokas, the fifth chapter consists of 32 Ślokas, while sixth chapter contains 119 Ślokas, the seventh chapter consists of 96 Ślokas, and the last one, the eighth chapter contains 109 Ślokas. In the Vāstumaṇḍanatantra, the total number of Ślokas of all chap- ters is 872. In the Saṁvat 1675 the eighth chapter of Vāstumaṇḍana of Vāstuśāstra written by Maṇḍanasūtradhāra has been copied down. As seen in the book, so is copied by me.