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

246 वास्तुमण्डनम् kheṭa and is also defended with a girdle of wall and located in the countryside. According to Kauṭilya it is situated in the certre of 200 villges, 4.7, 12 Khalūrikā – Parade place for military enclosure, 5.23 Khaṭaki – A side door, window, 3.16 Khara – Ass, mule, 7.16 Kheṭaka – A village, small town or hamlet. It is a small town situated on the plain near a river or in the forest by the side of hillocks and with mud wall. Its main population consists of śūdras or labour class, 3.34; 8.29 Khuraka – Heel, legs, 8.58 Krīḍāsthāna – Playground, 3.94 Kravya – carnivorous/Kravyādaya – Comprises the lion, tiger, wild dog class. They are also termed as vyala, 7.14 Koṭa – Fort, 4.7, 12 Koṭaram – The hollow of a tree, 4.107 Koṣṭha – Elongated aedicula (an entablature) nice, equivalent to śālā an attic room, Koṣṭhaka – granary, a surrounding wall, 3.8; 4.45 Kovida – Learned, wise person, 4.17 Kṣaṇa – Designation, 6.99 Kṣaṇamukha – Towards the centre, 6.20 Kṣetraphala – The area of a land, 2.76 Kūṭa – Any prominence of projection, summit peak, corner, 3.83; 5.1 1 Kūṭa¹ – Small town, half of kheṭa, type of town, 3.53 Kūpa – Small well, an well with its mechanism of water wheels, 3.24, 83, 87; 4.70 Kuṇḍa – A pool, 3.89 Kuja – Mercury, 2.3