बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

426 वृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIII. Sl. 15-17.
and so forth. [If it is a Kshatriya officer, he will have
four houses and the measure should be found out by
subtracting from that for the 2nd, etc. of the Commander-
in-Chief. Similarly in the case of officers belonging
to other classes.]
अथ पारशवादीनां स्वमानसंयोगदलसमं भवनम् ।
हीनाधिकं स्वमानादशुभकरं वास्तु सर्वेषाम् ॥१५॥
Sloka 15.—The houses of persons of mixed classes
viz., Parasavas, sons of Brahmins by Sudra women,
Bhurja Kantakas, sons of Brahmins by Vaisya women,
and Murdhavasiktas, sons of the same by Kshatriya
women, have a measure equal to a half of the sum of
the measures for a Brahmin's house and for the other
parent's. It is inauspicious for all to have houses which
either exceed or fall short of the given measurements.
The measure for the house of a Parasava is (32+20)/2 = 26
cubits in breadth.
पश्वाश्रमिणाममितं धान्यायुधवह्निरतिगृहाणां च ।
नेच्छन्ति शास्त्रकारा हस्तशतादुच्छ्रितं परतः ॥१६॥
Sloka 16.—There is no fixed measure for houses of
cattle, houses of ascetics, granaries, arsenals, houses of
sacred fire, and pleasure-houses; but the writers on this
science do not approve of a height of more than 100 cubits.
तथा च गर्गः
शतहस्तोच्छ्रितं कार्यं चतुःशालगृहं बुधैः ।
अपि तद्द्वेकशालं तु शुभदं तत्प्रकीर्तितम् ॥
सेनापतिनृपतीनां सप्ततिसहिते द्विधाकृते व्यासे ।
शाला चतुर्दशहृते पञ्चत्रिंशदुद्धृतेऽलिन्दः ॥१७॥
Sloka 17.—Add 70 to the measure for the houses of
the Commander-in-Chief and the King; keep this sum