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

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 125 110b-111. Āmra, Bibhītaka, Ciñcā, Nīpa, Śleṣmātaka, Dhava, Ariṣṭa pañcaka as well as Kovidāra, and Udumbara, are beneficial if they are grown in an auspicious forest. They are hard, vigorous, and straight types of trees. 112-116. Śāka, Śirīṣa, Śrīparṇī, Śiṁśapā, Sarala, Śamī, Suradruma, Saptaparṇa, Śālmalī, Sarjaka, Aśana, Tamāla, Tāla, Hintāla, Śālakāla, Sakaṭphala, Nālikera, Kharjura, Cīra, Kadara, Khadira, Vimba, Nimba, Kadamba, Jambu, Stamba, Madhudruma, Piśita, Panasa, Piṇḍī, Pūga, Pattaṅga, Padmaka, Rājādana, Dhanvana, Candana, Raktacandana, Tiniśa, Timira, Śroṇi, Tinduka, Tilaka, Ajakarṇa, Arjuna, Bhūrja, Aśoka, Vaṁśa, Vikaṅkata, Kṣīriṇī, Rohiṇī, Rodhrī, Homa, Hāridraka, Añjana, Puruṣa, Laṁkuca, Siṁha, Gavākṣī— are regarded as auspicious for a house. according to Maya:- 117-118. Kālaskandha, Kovidāra, Karavīra, Kalidruma, Kālāgaru, Karṇikāra, Kapittha, Kiṁśuka, Kaṇṭaka, Karañja, Karcūra, Tinduka – these are the big trees (Mahādruma). 119. Badarī, Udumbara, Bāṇa, Vilva, Bakula, Vaṭa, Putrajīva, Pārijāta, Piṇḍī, Palāśa, Pippalī. 120-121. Pāṭala, Padmaka, Pīlu, Plakṣa, Pathya, Pika, Priya, Śleṣmātaka,

126 वास्तुमण्डनम् शिलीन्ध्रः शाल्मली सर्पमार शम्याकशाबराः । देवयोग्या इमे वृक्षा मानुषेष्वस्तनर्थदाः ॥ १२१ ॥ तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन न गृह्णीयान्नरालये । न वृक्षानयनं कार्यं धनिष्ठादिपञ्चके ॥१२२ ॥ यदेकद्वित्रिजातीयैः भूरुहैः भवनं कृतम् । तत्तनोति श्रियं नित्यं बहुभिर्बहुभीतिदम् ॥१२३ ॥ मतान्तरे ॥ एकैव शस्ता श्रीपर्णी शिंशपा सरलोऽर्जुनः । हारिद्रकस्तिन्दुकश्च पद्मकः पनसतथा ॥१२४ ॥ चन्दनः सुरदारुश्च योज्या नैतेऽन्यसंयुताः ॥१२५ ॥ अथ सन्धिविधिः- ³७मूले मूलं न युञ्जियादग्रेणाग्रं च दारुणः । न पुराणैः नवमथो मूलं याम्येऽपरे शुभम् ॥१२६ ॥ ऊर्ध्वद्रव्येष्वधोमूलं पार्श्वद्रव्येषु मध्यतः । शायिते स्यादधोमूलमग्रमूर्ध्वं प्रयोजयेत् ॥१२७ ॥ चतुष्ट्यां नैर्ऋते मूले कुर्यादग्रद्वयं शिवे । न सन्धिः स्तम्भयोर्मध्ये ब्रह्मस्थानेऽपि तं त्यजेत् ॥१२८ ॥ एकस्मिन् पंक्तिसन्धाने सन्धिरेकाकृतिर्भवेत् । उपर्युपरि चैवं स्याद्विपरीते विपत्करम् ॥१२९ ॥ 37. Similar verses are found in the Mayamata Part I ch. 17 v. 9 onward.

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 127 Saptaparṇa, Śirīṣa, Sarala, Śiva, Śilīndhra, Śālmalī, Sarpamāra, Śamī, Ākaśābarā— These trees are most suitable for Gods but disastrous for men. So, with all efforts, these trees should not be brought for human dwellings. 122. On the constellation of Dhaniṣṭhā¹ and other five stars, collection of the wood should not be done. 123. If the house is built with one, two or three types of wood, it is beneficial for ever, if the construction is done with various types of trees, it is dangerous. According to another opinion: 124. Śrīparṇī, Śiṃśapā, Sarala, Arjuna, Hāridraka, Tinduka, Padmaka, as well as Panasa are best for construction if they are not joined with each other. 125. Candana and Suradāru can be joined with one another but not with other types of wood. Now the rules for assemblage:- 126 The bottom part of a tree should not be joined with the bottom (of another tree), as also the upper part should not be joined with another upper part. The old part should not be assembled with a new one, and it is auspicious if the root part is assembled with the right and other parts of a tree. . 127. One should assemble the upper part with the lower part (of a tree), the side branches with the middle part, the bottom part should be arranged below, and the top above. 128. Of all the four directions, the root part should be joined in the South-West direction (Śiva) and the upper two parts in the North East direction. No joints should be done in a pillar and it should also be discarded in the centre ( Brahmasthāna) . 129. In a single row the joints should be of the same type, from top to bottom. Any deviation will lead to failure.

1. Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatabhiṣā, Pūrvā Uttarabhādrapadā and Revatī.

128 वास्तुमण्डनम् अन्तरग्रं बहिर्मूलं स्वामिनस्तु विनाशनम्। द्रव्यविस्तारमध्यस्थं रन्ध्रं शीघ्रविनाशकृत् ॥१३०॥ इति श्री वास्तुमण्डने वास्तुशास्त्रे गृहनिवेशद्वारभूलम्भवृक्षाहरणं सन्ध्यादिलक्षणाध्यायश्चतुर्थः। श्लोकाः॥१३०॥

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 129 (While making the combination) 130. If the top portion is placed at the bottom, and the bottom out- side, it causes death of the owner and if there is any hole in the middle of the breadth of the wood, it gets destroyed very soon. Thus ends the fourth chapter of the Vāstumaṇḍana which comprises housing, door, height of a house, collection of woods and joinery, etc. There are Ślokas 130.

पञ्चमोऽध्यायः [गृहविन्यासः लक्षणसमुच्चयः] यस्यां दिशि पुरो द्वारं तां प्राचीं परिकल्पयेत्। न्यास ईशादितः कार्यो भोजने शयनेऽन्यथा ॥१ ॥ विवेकविलासेऽपि। पूर्वादिदिग्विनिर्देशो गृहे द्वार१व्यपेक्षया। भास्करोदयदिक्पूर्वा न विज्ञेया यथा श्रुते ॥२ ॥ पूर्वे द्वारं गृहे कुर्यादास्थानं पृथु चाङ्गनम्। अग्नौ महानसं धेनुं महिषी व्यञ्जनालयम् ॥३ ॥ याम्ये जलगृहं नृत्यशालां भोजनमन्दिरम्। नैर्ऋत्ये स्नानसूतानां देहचिन्तापदं बहिः ॥४ ॥ पश्चिमे दीर्घिकास्थानं वायौ स्नेहान्नयोगृहम्। सौम्ये धनाङ्गनोद्यानस्थानमीशे सुरालयम् ॥५ ॥ मध्ये मुख्यगृहं स्वामि२वाञ्छया शयनास्पदम्। पश्चिमास्या गृहे देवा स्थाप्या दक्षिणतोमुखः ॥६ ॥ याम्योत्तरास्या गावः स्युर्न प्राक् पश्चिमतोमुखाः ॥७ ॥ १. अपेक्षया in DE २. वांछना in A

Chapter V [Gṛhvinyāsaḥ Lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ] Now the planning of a house and its peculiarities will be described.

1. The planning (of a house ) should be done in such a way that the door should be placed in the Eastern direction. Planning will start from the North-East corner excepting that the bedroom and din- ing room should not be placed therein. This is also quoted in Vivekavilāsa.
2. According to necessity, the door should be planned in the East- ern side of a house, but the Eastern direction will not to be determined by the phenomena of sunrise as it is known.
3. In a house the door should be built facing the East, and there will be a broad courtyard. In the South-East corner (Agni) there will be a kitchen, cowshed, and the kitchen for the chief queen.
4. In the South (Yāmya) there will be a water reservoir, dancing court, dining hall and in the South-West (Nairṛtya)¹ there will be bath- room for children and the place for the care of the body.
5. The site for ponds will be in the West and in the North-East (Vāyu) corner the storage for rice and oil will be constructed. In the North (Saumya) there will be the treasury and garden; the temple should be in the North-East (Īśa) corner.
6. The main room will be in the centre position and it can be used as the master’s bedroom, if one wishes so. In a West-facing house, the God should be kept facing towards South.
7. The cow-shed will face either towards South or North, never to- wards East or West.
8. Nairṛtya is the direction of Nirṛti (South-West).

132 वास्तुमण्डनम् वीक्षः । वामाङ्गे वस्त्रशस्यार्थं देवार्चाभेषजालयम् । दक्षिणे दीप३नयानतोयोच्छिष्टपदं न्यसेत् ॥८॥ अथ राजगृहविन्यासः ॥ पुरादौ त्रिचतुर्थांशे कारयेत् राजमन्दिरम् । पश्चिमे सौम्यतो वाऽपि तत्तु दुर्गेषु भूवशात् ॥९॥ अपराजिते ॥ एकद्वित्रिसहस्रैस्तु हस्तैः राजगृहं त्रिधा । तुङ्गंराजगृहं रम्यं मन्दिरोद्यानदीर्घिकाः ॥१०॥ त्रिप्राकारं सपरिखं स्याच्चतुर्गोपुरं वरम् । पूर्वास्यं दक्षिणास्यं वा नोदक् प्रत्यग्दिशामुखम् ॥११॥ एकाशीति पदे क्षेत्रे मध्ये ब्रह्मपदेऽकणम् । मण्डपं वा न्यसेद्द्रव्य४माये द्वारं गृहं सभा ॥१२॥ विवस्वत्यभिषेकार्थं मित्रे मुख्यगृहं न्यसेत् । पृथ्‌वीधरे सभामापे भाण्डागारं प्रकारयेत् ॥१३॥ आपवत्सेऽम्बरागारं सावित्रे भोजनास्पदम् । कुर्यात्सवितरि श्रेष्ठं सव्यं जनमहानसम् ॥१४॥ इन्द्रे राजाम्बिकागेहमिन्द्रराज ५उपस्करम् । रुद्र६व्यये ७महिष्याश्च राजस्त्रीणां गृहा अपि ॥१५॥ ३. मंयान - in A ४. Here आय denotes the place for Aryamâ ५. पुरस्करम् in BCDE ६. द्वये in A ७. महिषश्व in A

Ch. V – Gṛhavinyāsaḥ lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ 133 After Examination (Vīkṣya) 8. On the left side of a house there will be the dressing room, gra- nary, temple and medicinal room. On the right side the room for lighting and other accessories should be made. Now the planning of a King's palace 9. The royal palace should be erected in the front part of the city occupying three-fourths of the area. In a fort, according to the nature of the soil, one should construct a palace either in the West or in the North In the Aparājitapṛcchā 10. According to the measurement of 1, 2 and 3 thousand hands, the King's palace may be of three types. The royal palace will be elevated, consisting of the temple, garden and lakes. 11. The best palace will be adorned with three ramparts, a moat and four Gopuras (main gates). It will face either the East or South, but never the West or North. 12. If the land is divided into 81 Pādas, the central part should be drawn as Brahmapada. In the approach (Āya) there shall be gate- ways and pavilions. 13. The coronation hall will be on the Vivasvata (South) and the main rooms on the Mitrasthāna (Western side). The halls should be on the Pṛthvīdhara and the treasury (Bhāṇḍāgāra) on the site of Āpa. 14. Ambarāgāra - the sky gazing room ² - is on the āpavatsa (North East side) and the dining hall is on the Sāvitra (South). The best one on the East (Savitari) and the community kitchen should be placed on the left (Savya). 15. On the Indra (East) and Indrarāja (South-West), the houses of the King as well as the Queen Mother will be built, and on the Rudra (North-West) the house of the Queen and other women of the royal palace, related to the King, will be made. 2 At that period, there seems to be a particular room which was used to gaze the sky and Rana Kumbha was specially interested in that and a hanging room was found in the palace of Kumbhalgarh.

' (pu-shpa). In L8: 'पु' then 'ष्' then 'णि': wait, is there a second 'ण'? Look at the space between 'ष्' and 'ण': there's a vertical stroke, wait, 'ष्' has a loop with diagonal, then attached to it is 'ण'? It looks like 'पुष्णि'. Wait, look at the loop: it is just 'ष्णि'. Let's look really closely at "पुष्णि": Wait, is it "पुष्णि" or "पुष्ण्णि"? In Sanskrit, Pushan locative is "पूष्णि" (or "पुष्णि" metri causa). The conjunct is ष् + ण = ष्ण. With i-matra = ष्णि. It is written as ष्णि! Not ष्ण्णि. Let's look at the matra: the 'ि' matra comes down to the left of ष्. Then ष् and ण are joined: ष्णि. So it is "पुष्णि"!

वितथे वर्मबल्ल[बल्य?]रायुधानां भोजनस्य च ॥१९॥

• 'वितथे', 'वर्मबल्ल[बल्य?]रायुधानां', 'भोजनस्य', 'च', '॥१९॥' Wait, is that "वर्मबल्ल[बल्य?]रायुधानां"? Yes: वर्मबल्ल[बल्य?]रायुधानां. Exactly as printed with brackets and question mark.

Ch. V – Gṛhavinyāsaḥ lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ 135 16. The temple should be built on the Īśa (North-East) and it will face either South or West. In the place of Parjanya the royal court should be built, which will face West, having its face on the back. 17. In the Jaya, the place for the clerical community, hall for practice, pavilion, water tanks, in the Śakra, the painting gallery and the room for teaching and in the Sūrya the place for disbursement on the courtyard of the palace should be built. 18. In the Satya, schools and the legal court will be built facing back to back. On the Bhṛśa, the storage room for business affairs and on the Vyoma the main kitchen will be placed. 19. On the Vahni - the room for cooked food and cowshed, on the Puṣṇī the meeting room, on the Vitatha - the room for preserving armour, spears and other weapons as well as the dining room will be constructed. 20. The painting room as well as the place for guards or sentinels should be built on the Gṛhakṣata. On the Yama, the watch tower for observation of the troops and the pleasure room for dancers on the Gandharva should be constructed. 21. In the Bhṛṅga there will be a road, and following it there will be a room for diseased persons (Dehacintāpada) outside Mṛga. There will be a bathing room and the place for playing dice in the Pitṛsthāna, and the place for water sports in Dvāstha (Dauvārika). 22. Otherwise this palace should be built as high as an elephant to watch the battlefield or behind this, one room for the rehearsal of the battle can be built. 23. The wrestling place will be on the Sugrīva and on Puṣpadanta there will be the parade place for military exercise. For the Varuṇa prince's house, in the Asura granary and dressing room for women should be placed. 24. Weapons and poison for emergency use of the seraglio in the Śoṣa, rooms for the keeper of the seraglio in the Roga, the stable for donkeys and camels in the Vāyu and the pond for Dhātrī and Sairandhrī in the Nāga should be erected.

and ला, there is a half-ल! Look at line 8's "भल्लाटे": It is: भ (bha) + ल् (half la) + ला (lā) + टे (ṭe). Now compare line 8 "भल्लाटे" with line 2: In line 2: After 'कुर्या': There is द्. Then there is भ. Then there is... wait, look at the distance between भ and टे in line 2 vs line 8: In line 8: "भल्लाटे" is very wide! It has भ, then ल्, then ला, then टे. In line 2: the whole thing from द् to टे is the SAME width as "भल्लाटे" in line 8! Wait! It IS "कुर्याद्भल्लाटे"! Wait, let me look at the letters again: Is it द् + भ् + ला? Look at the print: Does it say "कुर्याद्भाटे" or "कुर्याद्भल्लाटे"? Wait, look at the image text in full resolution: Line 2: "मुख्ये कन्यागृहं कुर्याद्भाटे श्वेतभेषजम् ।" Wait, look at the letter: It is: क ु र ् य ा द् भ Wait, look at the characters: Is there a 'ल'? Wait, look at "द्भाटे": Why would someone see "

Ch. V – Gṛhavinyāsaḥ lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ 137 25. The chamber of the girls in the Mukhya and the white medicinal herbs in the Bhallāṭa should be kept. In the Soma, the room for shampooing and in the Śaila toilets and confinement room for women are to be built. 26. In the Aditi there will be bathing place for children and in the Diti there will be place for massage and hot water. In the East there will be the drawing room, place for meeting and on both the sides there will be room for wrestling. 27. For a King’s house the best type of door is to be erected, espe- cially in the direction of Śakra. Three or five storied buildings are to be built either in Mukhya or Gṛhakṣata. 28. On the Puṣpadanta or Bhallāṭa, the door should be erected on the lower storey. According to the desire of the King the door and the edifices are not to be erected. 29. Residential places of women, bedrooms, walls, are to be con- structed. Stable for horses is to be erected on the left side and it is auspicious if placed in double intermediate space (Dviguṇāntara). 30. These will be of three types, 100, 80 or 60 hands in length. The width will serially be 15, 13, 11 and may end in 9 hands. 31. The horses will stay facing towards the south or north and that place will be raised by two hands. The hall for elephants will be placed on the southern part and it is auspicious if placed at four times distance. 32. The hall will be 7, 8 or 9 hands high and the pillars of the hall will have coating on them. The row of elephants will face either the East or South. Thus ends the 5th chapter of Vāstumaṇḍana in Vāstuśāstra comprising the arrangement of the house written by Śrī Sūtradhāra Maṇḍana.

षष्ठोऽध्यायः [शालादि गृहलक्षणम्] ध्रुवादीनि प्रवक्ष्यामि वासाय पुरवासिनाम्। शस्तानि निन्दितान्येषां भवन्ति भवनानि च ॥१ ॥ अलिन्दा द्वित्रिवेदान्तशाले गेहे ध्रुवादिवत्। मुखे द्वि १अधिका कार्या मण्डपस्य च वृद्धये ॥२ ॥ शालामध्ये द्विषट्दारु २एकं कुर्याद्विनापि तम्। मध्येऽपवरकं ३वापि फलकैर्दृढकाष्ठजैः ॥३ ॥ छन्दास्तु षड्जात्युत्पन्ना भेदैर्भिन्ना द्विरष्टभिः। तैरुक्तं क्रमरूपाद्यै गृहसंख्या ह्यनेकधा ॥ ४ ॥ खण्डपाण्डुवाजिमयतृणपर्णसुपट्टकैः। उदितः षड्विधः छन्दः प्रयोज्यो गृहकर्मणि ॥ ५ ॥ पट्टछन्दे यथा भेदाः शालालिन्दादिका मताः। विपरीता तृणछन्दे षोडशैव प्रकीर्त्तिताः ॥ ६ ॥ हीनोदयाः पाण्डुसंज्ञा वाजिनस्तूच्छ्रयेऽधिकाः। फलकान्ते चतुर्हस्तः शेषछन्देषु ४चोच्छ्रयः ॥ ७ ॥ १. त्र्यधिका - in B २. एवं - in A ३. चापि - in A ४. वोच्छ्रयः - in D.E

Chapter VI [Śālādi Gṛhlakṣaṇaam] Description of Ekaśālā and other houses

1. Now I shall relate about the apartment, beginning with Dhruva and others for the dwelling of citizens, and whether auspicious or inauspicious.
2. It is universally accepted that 2, 3 and 4 porticos (Alinda) will be built in the Śālā or a house. Two more porticos are to be added at the entrance, for the extension of the pavilion.
3. In the center of the Śālā house, two ṣaḍdārukas¹ are to be erected, failing which at least one should be given, and outside it, the central lying- in-chamber should be made with strong wooden planks.
4. The shapes (patterns) or Chanda are of six types having sixteen varieties. They have been described according to the serial order, the number of houses being innumerable.
5. Khaṇḍa, Pāṇḍu, Vāji, Tṛṇa, Parṇa, Paṭṭa² - these six types of designs are to be used in the construction of the houses.
6. The division of Paṭṭa Chanda is done according to the Śālās and Alindas. Tṛnacchanda is of opposite type and they have sixteen varieties.
7. Pāṇḍu type of construction is less in height whereas Vājicchanda has greater height. For the remaining varieties of designs, the height will be similar to 4 hands at the extremity of the wooden plank.

1. Ṣaḍdāru- a kind of wooden structure made of six logs of wood.
2. Khaṇḍacchanda- Of the component parts of a human dwelling, which are mainly in the middle of the house. Pāṇḍu – Belonging to the storied mansions built in stone. Vājicchanda - Stone architecture. Tṛnacchanda - Śālās with thatched roof. Parṇa - Śālās with roof made of leaves. Paṭṭacchanda- Chādana type, Śālās with Pāṭana roof. A. P. ch 68. Verse 11 writes pūrṇa for parṇa.

140 वास्तुमण्डनम् अथ प्रस्तारः यदृच्छया लिख्य गुरून्सर्वस्याधो लघुं लिखेत्। यथोपरि तथा शेषं भूयः कुर्यादमुंविधिम्॥ ८॥ ऊने दद्यादुरून्सर्वं लघ्वन्तं प्रस्तारेदिति॥ ९॥ प्रस्तारः। नष्टे रूपे बुधैः पृष्टे गुरूरूने समे लघुः। विषमे चैकमाधाय दलयेत्पुनरेव हि॥ १०॥ नष्टम्। उद्दिष्टे स्थापयेदङ्कान् क्रमाद् द्विगुणितानधः। लघुस्थानोद्भवैरङ्कैः संख्या स्यादेकमिश्रितैः॥ ११॥ उद्दिष्टम्। प्रस्तारवर्णैस्तु समानैकाद्यानेक भू लिखेत्। ततः संकलनं कुर्यादुपात्यस्य निवर्त्तनात्॥ १२॥ एकादिलघुविज्ञानं द्वितीयस्थानतो भवेत्। मेरुश्च खण्डमेरुश्च सूची तद्वल्लघुक्रिया॥ १३॥ द्वौ भागौ विलिखेत्तिर्यगेककाङ्केन संयुतौ। अंशवृद्ध्य क्रमेणाधो मेरौ वा खण्डमेरुके॥ १४॥ एकैकाङ्कं लिखेत् पंक्त्यमादावन्ते च सर्वतः। ऊर्ध्वसङ्कलनेनाधः पंक्तौ पंक्तौ च मध्यतः॥ १५॥ आदौ सर्वगुरौ रूपं प्रान्ते सर्वलघुर्भवेत्। शेषेष्वेकाद्यलिन्दानां संख्या प्राज्ञैरुदाहृता॥ १६॥ इति मेरुखण्डे मेरुसूचीछन्दः॥

Ch. VI – Śālādi gṛhalakṣaṇam 141 Now Prastāra 8. At one's convenience (free choice) the Guru³ should be drawn and under all Guru, Laghu can be arranged. The layout should be the same in the beginning as well as in the end and that order can be repeated. 9. In the layout, the arrangement of the Guru will be less and Laghu will be at the end. Prastāra 10. According to the scholars in the form, Naṣṭa Guru will be placed at the back and Laghu will be less in number and is to be placed at the even place. In case of uneven number, one should count again taking one of them. Naṣṭa 11. In the form Uddiṣṭa, the numbers are to be placed serially and the lower part will be multiplied twice. The numerals coming from Laghu will make a number with the addition of one. Uddiṣṭa 12. Those which are equal to the letters (Guru, Laghu) of Prastāra should be written in one place. Then the whole thing should be summarized for the completion of the penultimate. 13. The first Laghu is known to be placed in the second place. Like- wise in the Meru, Khaṇḍameru and Sūcī Laghu will be placed in the same manner. 14. Two sections are to be drawn slantingly so that they can be joined together. In the Meru and Khaṇḍameru the section will gradually increase downwards. Each row will start with one letter and it will end with the same. By arranging the upper line, lower line and the middle line, Guru will be placed in the beginning of each line and Laghu at the end. 15-16. According to the wise people, at the end the number of the porti- cos starting from one will emerge in this manner. This is Merusūcīchanda in Merukhaṇḍa. 3. According to A.P. Guru means wall and Laghu Alinda. Prastāra means permutation combination of Guru

142 वास्तुमण्डनम् इष्टरूपे लघून्पूर्वमन्ते तु विलिखेद्गुरून् । पूर्ववत्प्रस्तारे तावद्यावद्रूपविपर्ययम् ॥ १७ ॥ लघोः पृष्ठे गुरून्दद्याच्छेषांस्तस्माल्लघून्यसेत् । पूर्वरूपे तु यावन्तोलास्तावन्तोऽपरेष्वपि ॥ १८ ॥ खण्डप्रस्तार इत्येषपताकाछन्सूचकः । लघुक्रियाङ्गसंघात पृथगुपायदर्शितः ॥ १९ ॥ इति खण्डप्रस्तारः। लघुस्थाने गृहमुखदालिन्दं सृष्टितो न्यसेत् । तत्पर्यायाः क्षणे मुखाःपदेऽलिन्दे लघुस्तथा ॥ २० ॥ चतुर्गुरूणां प्रस्तारे एकशालानि षोडश । ध्रुवादीनि गृहाणि स्युस्तेभ्यो वेदोत्तरं शतम् ॥ २१ ॥ प्रस्तारो रूपभेदो स्याद्गृहाणि षोडशैव हि । तेषु मन्वङ्गदिग्विश्वपञ्चमं तु परित्यजेत् ॥ २२ ॥ तेभ्यः षोडशतश्चैकशालानि सयुगांशतम् । एकैकस्य सहस्रं तु पुनरष्टौ तथैकतः ॥ २३ ॥ द्वापञ्चाशद्द्विशालानामेकैकस्य क्रमेण च । ५द्विसहस्रमिता वृद्धिः पुनरष्टौ तथैकतः ॥ २४ ॥ द्वासप्ततिस्त्रिशालानि त्रीणि त्रीणि क्रमात्ततः । सहस्राणि भवन्त्येवं तथैवाष्टाष्ट चैकतः ॥ २५ ॥ ५. Comp A.P ch 93. V 22-23

Ch. VI – Śālādi gṛhalakṣaṇam 143 17. In the desired form, Laghu is to be drawn first and Guru will be drawn at the end. When change is desired, the previous method will be applied in the Prastāra. 18. Guru will come after Laghu but Laghu will come at the end. In the previous form, as many as Laghu forms desired will be placed, and in others the same will follow. 19. Khaṇḍaprastāra is indicative of Patākā Chanda. The multitude of placing of Laghu (short) numerals has been shown in a different manner. Thus ends the Khaṇḍaprastāra. 20. From the beginning of the construction of the house, Alinda should be placed in the place of Laghu; alternatively the same procedure will be followed in the centre, and the same placement will be followed by placing Laghu for Alinda. 21. There are sixteen types of Ekaśālā houses in the Prastāra of four Gurus. Dhruva and other houses will have hundred and four vari- eties. 22. These houses will be sixteen in number according to the form of Prastāra. Among them fourteenth (Manu), ninth (Aṅka), tenth (Dik), thirteenth (Viśva) and fifth houses should be discarded. 23. From those 16 types of Ekaśālā houses, one hundred and four varieties will come up. Each of them will have one thousand vari- eties again from each one of them, eight varieties will come up. 24. Of the 52 varieties of Dviśālā constructions, gradually each one of them will have 2000 varieties and again there will be eight varieties from each one. 25. 72 varieties of Triśālās are to be increased serially by three. In this way, the varieties will be increased up to 1000, likewise each one of them will have eight varieties.

144 वास्तुमण्डनम् चतुःशालं६गृहाणि हि षट्पञ्चाशं शतद्वयम्। वृद्धिर्वेदसहस्राणां पूर्ववत्पु७नरष्ट च॥ २६॥ कोट्येका तिथिलक्षाणि सहस्राणि युगाष्टं च। तेषां गृहाणां संख्या तु प्रोक्ता श्रीविश्वकर्मणा॥ २७॥ एकद्वित्रिचतुःशालं गृहं प्रस्तारतो भवेत्। पञ्चादिदशशालान्तं तेषां संयोगतो मिथः॥ २८॥ गृहाणां पञ्चशालानां षड्विधा योजना मता। यथा। पञ्चशालं भवेद्योगाच्चतुःशालैकशालयोः॥ २९॥ त्रिशालयुग्मशालाभ्यां द्व्येकशालत्रिशालतः। द्विद्वीशालैकशालेन द्व्येकशालाद्विशालतः॥ ३०॥ योगात्पञ्चैकशालानां तत्षोढैवं पराण्यपि। नवधा रसशालानां सप्तशाले शिवोन्मिता॥ ३१॥ अष्टशाले तिथिमता नवशालेऽष्टभूमिता(काः)। योजना दशशालानां त्रयोविंशतिधा मता॥३२॥ यन्नाम जन्मभादन्यत्तद्बर्द्धै ‘ईष्टतः कृतम्। नृपालोके गृहे ग्रामे तेन चिन्त्यं शुभाशुभम्॥ ३३॥ गढदुर्गपुरग्रामनामानि विविधान्यपि। कृतानि विबुधैर्बुद्ध्या तथा भवतु वेश्मनि॥ ३४॥ ६. गृहाणां in ACDE ७. पुनरेव च in D, E ८. हर्षतः in B