कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

The place which serves as a comfortable abode for those who have come there
as guests and strangers and for those who have vowed life-long abstinence and
chastity and which is with sufficient food and driking water is called Mat'ha.
If such a place is without food and water, even then it is called Mat'ha. The place
allocated for the centers of learning associated with various camps and bodies of
scholars is also considered as Mat'ha.
राजवेश्म समायुक्ता राजधानीति कथ्यते।
ग्रामादीनां समीपं यत्स्थानं कुब्जमिति स्मृतम् ।। १५
तदेव चेरिका प्रोक्ता नगरी तन्तुवायभूः।
ra'javes'ma sama'yukta' ra'jadha'ni'ti kathyate।
gra'ma'di'na'm sami'pam yat stha'nam kubjam iti smr'tam ।। 15
tadeva cerika' prokta' nagari' tantuva'yabhu'।
The place in which royal palace has been built is called Ra'jadha'ni'. The
settlement which is adjacent to the villages, towns and such others is called
Kubja. It is also called Cerika. The place in which the weavers live exclusively
is called Nagari'.
सर्वेषामपि चैतेषां ग्रामादीनां समीरितम् ।। १६
विस्तारायाम मानं तु सर्वेषां तु सनातनम् ।
शास्त्रेऽस्मिन् प्रोच्यते तच्च क्रमेण परिपठ्यते ।। १७
sarves"a'mapi caites"a'm gra'ma'di'na'm sami'ritam ।। 16
vista'ra'ya'ma ma'nam tu sarves"a'm tu sana'tanam।
s'a'stre asmin procyate tacca kramen.a paripat'hyate ।। 17