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

Ch. III – Durgādilakṣaṇam 97
Now the reservoirs:
It is Śrīkṛṣṇa's advice to Yudhiṣṭhira :-
84. It is better to roam around the forests for a hundred years than to
reserve money in the house, for wealth may be destroyed within a
moment.
85. So, O Kaunteya– even if you have to give all your money, dig one
water reservoir in the land. If the cows are made free of thirst then
your seventh generation will be relieved from worldly sufferings.
86. The water reservoirs named as Nandā³, Bhadrā, Jayā and Vijayā will
be serially connected with three, six, nine, and twelve projections
with one, two, three, and four entrances.
87-89a. Dimensions of the Kūpas⁴ will start from four hands up to ten
hands. They are of manifold varieties known as - Śrīmukha, Vijayā,
Prānta, Dundubhi, Manohara. Cūḍāmaṇi, Digbhadra, Jaya, Nandana
and Śaṅkara. The Kuṇḍas will be square in shape and their variet-
ies will be Bhadra, Subhadra which is an addition to Bhadrā, Nandā,
which is attached to Pratibhadra and Parigha which is similar to
Madhyabhiṭṭa.
89b-90a. In breadth, a Kuṇḍa will be from eight hands to 100 hands and it
will be accompanied by four entrances. In the Madhyabhiṭṭa as well
as in Śālā, an image of God should be installed. Sara resembles the
half crescent of the Moon while Mahāsara is round in shape. Bhadra
is a square one, while Subhadra is joined together with Bhadra.
Now the garden:
90b-92. He, who lays out a pleasure garden, resides in the heaven for
420,000 years. There he does worship of the gods, has enjoy-
ment and by pleasing the creating beings. The best type of garden
is to be created either inside or outside the city.

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3. Nandā - Ekavaktra and Trikūṭa
   Bhadrā - Dvivaktra and Ṣaṭkūṭa
   Jayā - Trivakra and Navakūṭa
   Vijaya - Caturvaktra and Dvādaśakūta L.K. Shukla - P. 53
4. Here we find a Kūpa will be from 4 hands to 10 hands in dimension but in L.K. Shukla's
   book which mainly deals with Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra, reference of a Kūpa measuring
   13 hands is also available.