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

428 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIII Sl. 22-25.
विस्तारषोडशांशः सचतुर्हस्तो भवेद्गृहोच्छ्रायः ।
द्वादशभागेनोना भूमौ भूमौ समस्तानाम् ॥२२॥
Sloka 22.—The height of the first storey should be
a sixteenth of the width with an addition of four cubits.
The height of each of the following upper storeys is to be
lessened by one-twelfth of the preceding one.
So the height of the ground floor of the King's house is
108/16 + 4 = 6 3/4 + 4 or 10 cubits 18 digits.
व्यासात् षोडशभागः सर्वेषां सद्मनां भवति भित्तिः ।
पक्केष्टकाकृतानां दारुकृतानां तु न विकल्पः ॥२३॥
Sloka 23.—The wall of all houses made of burnt
bricks should be a sixteenth part of their breadth. There
is no restriction regarding the houses made of wood.
तथा च गर्गः
विस्तारषोडशांशेन गृहभित्तिं प्रकल्पयेत् ।
हीनाधिका न कर्तव्या गृहभर्तुर्न शोभना ॥
एकादशभागयुतः सप्ततिर्नृपबलेशयोर्व्यासः ।
उच्छ्रायोऽङ्गुलतुल्यो द्वारस्यार्धेन विष्कम्भः ॥२४॥
Sloka 24.—The breadth of the houses of kings,
commanders (and others) is to be increased by an ele-
venth and 70 added. This number will give the height
of the doors in digits, and a half of that, their width.
विप्रादीनां व्यासात् पञ्चांशोऽष्टादशाङ्गुलसमेतः ।
साष्टांशो विष्कम्भो द्वारस्य त्रिगुण उच्छ्रायः ॥२५॥
Sloka 25.—In the case of Brahmins, etc., the num-
ber denoting the breadth in cubits should be taken as that
of digits and that increased by 18. To this should be.