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Ch. I – Miśrakādhyāyaḥ 59 200. At first, there should be worshipping in between the East and South- East (Agnikoṇa) corners. Then the stone is to be laid and at the end the owner should go round the site and place five types of gems under the stone. Garga 201. Then, with the declaration of an auspicious day, the stone laying ceremony is to be done and one should start going round in a circle from the North-East (Īśa) corner according to order. 202-203. In the same manner, the pillars and doors are to be mounted. If the stone- laying ceremony(Śilānyāsa) is performed in Rohiṇī, Śravaṇā, Hastā, Puṣyā, Mṛgaśīrṣa, Revatī, and the three Uttarā¹² stars, it is auspicious. In that plot of land, the soil should be levelled. It should be done with the help of water and staff (Daṇḍa) and the plot should be made square. At the base of the foundation wall, one should keep gems, silver and gold which brings pros- perity to the house; otherwise poverty may result. Inadequate or excessive plastering, the foundation wall not made according to the formula of the Śāstra, a structure without any column, whose joints are one over the other in one line, whose upper part is heavy–these six types of defects reduce wealth. 204-207. One should start the construction of the house after carefully taking into account the land, and proportionate wealth, as well as materials like wood-etc. Thus ends the first chapter Miśrakādhyāya of Vāstumaṇḍana, written by Maṇḍana Sūtradhāra. There are 207 Ślokas. 12. Uttarāṣāḍha, Uttara Phalgunī, Uttarabhādrapadā