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

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 109
37. For a house the central part of the land is to be elevated, but for
a temple low land is considered beneficial too. The site of the
King’s palace should be as high as the shoulder of an elephant.
38. The placing of the foundation deposit in a house and others
should be performed with the grains kept in a copper plate, earth,
roots, medicinal herbs and other ingredients with gems and the
respective symbols.
39. By the moment Brahmā and Maitra belong to the Sun and the
Moon, with the constellation of Puṣyā, Svātī, Uttarā, and by the
moment of Pitṛ joins Puṣya star, the foundation deposit should
be laid with these stars in the fixed position.
40.In a house, the foundation deposit is to be placed on Indra, Bhallāṭa,
Gṛhakṣata, Puṣpadanta or under the pillar/column located on the
right side of the door.
41. A correctly placed foundation deposit gives all kinds of wealth,
whereas wrongly placed foundation deposit destroys everything.
So, by all means one should lay out the foundation deposit properly.
Thus ends the laying out of the foundation of the deposit.
In the measurement of each hand, stones should be spread out
and the ground will be lower by 4 1/8 th.
42-43. A brick wall will be 1/16th of the diameter of a house. It is
medium if less by 14th part, Uttama if less by half, and Kaniṣṭha if
less by 1 1/4th Aṅgula. Other people say it may be less by
30 Aṅgulas or 1/30th.
Thus ends the wall
44. In a Śālā two Nāgadantas are to be erected on the left and two on
the right side. In a Ekaśālā house it may be kept on the 12th part
or at intervals of 6th onwards.
45. It is auspicious if it is kept equal to the upper part of the door,
but regarded as inauspicious if it faces the main house. In a
temple, the lamp-stand is to be placed on the left side and it is on
the right side in a dwelling of human beings.