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

Ch. I – Miśrakādhyāyaḥ 27 83. Therefore, one should plant Bilva, Śamī, Bakula, Campaka, Punnāga, Aśoka, Tilaka, Drākṣā (trees) near one’s house and can have a flower garden also. 84-85. Dāḍima and Pippala should be discarded for rectifying of faults, if any. If even after three hours, the shadow of a tree or a bush continues to cast its shade on a palace, these are to be considered inauspicious; so these are to be carefully avoided. Thus ends the section on the shady trees. 86. When the Sun is either in the Tulā (Libra) or Meṣa (Aries) and it comes in between Citrā and Svātī it is auspicious to determine the Eastern direction. Likewise, it is marked with the rise of Kṛttikā and Śravaṇā also. 87. The gnomon will be of 12 Aṅgulas and pointed, it is auspicious if the radius is twice its size; then, it is to be placed in the centre to determine the Eastern and Western directions with the help of the shadow measured thrice. 88. At night when the sky is clear, three pitchers full of wealth and grains with lamps on them should be serially placed facing towards the North. 89. With the help of the pole star when the light of the lamps will be in the same line, then the South and North direction can be deter- mined with a thread⁶. 6. Similar verses in (1) Rājavallabha Maṇḍana -ch 1 Sl 9-10. Aparājitapṛcchā - ch. 63, Śl 30-32.