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

Adh. LIII. Sl. 57.] त्रिपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 439
Though the author speaks of only quadrangular houses here,
elsewhere, he speaks of hexangular, octangular, circular, etc.
houses).
[चित्र विवरण / Diagram Details:
Directions: NORTH (Top), EAST (Right), SOUTH (Bottom), WEST (Left)
Outer / Inner Cells:
ROGA / PAPAYAKSHMA, AHI, MUKHYA, BHALLATA, SOMA, BHUJAGA, ADITI, DITI / SIKHI,
PARJANYA, JAYANTA, INDRA, SURYA, SATHYA, BRISA, ANTARIKSHA / ANILA,
PUSHAN, VITATHA, BRIHATKSHATA, YAMA, GANDHARVA, BHRINGARAJA, PITRU / MRIGA,
DAUVARIKA, SUGRIVA, KUSUMADANTA, VARUNA, ASURA, SOSHA,
Diagonals / Inner Deities: RUDRA / RAJAYAKSHMA, APAHA / APAVATSA, SAVITA / SAVITRA, JAYANTA / INDRA,
Inner Ring: PRITHVIDHARA, ARYAMAN, VIVASWAN, MITRA,
Center: ब्रह्मा / BRAHMA]
सम्पाता वंशानां मध्यानि समानि यानि च पदानाम् ।
मर्माणि तानि विन्द्यान्न तानि परिपीडयेत्प्राज्ञः ॥५७॥
Sloka 57.—The meeting points of the longer dia-
gonals and the exact middle points of the squares should
be considered as the vulnerable points which a wise man
ought not to hurt.
Utpala seems to have written a work on architecture; for he
says:
तथा चास्मदीयवास्तुविद्यायाम् ।
रोगाद्वायुं नयेत्सूत्रं पितृतोऽथ हुताशनम् ।
एतत्सूत्रद्वयं प्रोक्तं मुनिभिर्वंशसंज्ञितम् ॥