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

Ch. I – Miśrakādhyāyaḥ 49 In the other book 168. If the Śalya is under one Puruṣa measurement it is not regarded as faulty for a house. If a Śalya lies beneath the water it is faulty for a palace and human beings . 169 - 171. Śalya causes fear of the King if it comes from a cow, and if from a horse there is fear of disease. If Śalya comes from a cat then there is destruction and if it is from a dog then there will be discord and quarrels. (If the Śalya is) from an ass or camel there will be loss, and if it is parts of a human being then there will be loss of child. There is a fear of fire if the Śalya comes from a goat, and all other Śalyas are formidable (Bhayāvaha). From char- coal there is a fear of insanity/ madness, from a skull bone (Kapāla) there will be confusion. A man proficient in Vāstu knows that Śalya from wood brings forth Pauṁśalya in women. Thus ends the procedure of śalyoddhāra. 172. To measure each and everything one should know the marks of Kambikā⁹. To create the world, the lord of the universe held it by hand. 173. One Tryasareṇu is made of eight Paramāṇus. Eight Reṇus make one Bālāgra and one Likṣā is made of eight Bālāgras. 174. Yukā is made of eight Likṣhās and eight Yukās make one Yava. By the grouping of 8,7,6(Yavas), the division of Mātrā Aṅgula and Aṁśaka are formed respectively. 175. Three types of finger measurements makes three types of Hasta(hands), Jyeṣṭha (big) Madhya(medium) and Kanyasa (small). The Kambikā is measured in the following order. 24, 1, and 1/2 aṅgulas will be the length, breadth and circumference respectively. 176. The measurement rod may be made of material like, bamboo, Madhūka, Khadira, Añjana, Candana trees. There will be eight Parvas having flower marks at the interval of every third Aṅgulas. 9 Kambikā: Join of a bamboo shoot or branch Kambi-Kuśa.