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

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 115
65. There will be a connector in between the panel and the bodily
frame. The central connector will be half of the breadth of the
door.
66. The doors should be made of good raw material, it should be
strong, elegant and fixed in the proper direction. It should not be
liquefied, lean, inflated in the middle or too twisted.
67. That type of door is best for all Vāstu which is not crooked, pro-
jected outside, too low or too high or curved inwards.
68. The doors made above the floors are auspicious. The landing
and the door should be made on the right side.
69. In between the floors, the doors of the building as well as the
abode (Pada) of the deities should be constructed. It is not desir-
able to make it on the corners (Śūlas) on the veins (Śirā) or in the
important places.
70-72. A door faces multiple faults if it is obstructed by a main road or
highway (Rathyā), courtyard, the place where four roads meet, pal-
ace, idol, flagstaff, tank, well, canal (Praṇāla), lake, spring, whirl-
pool, corner of a wall, tree, pillar, the panel of a door, lintels, cave,
pile stack, mound of white ants, muddy place or the house of
lower caste people. A door should not be erected in places which
are the vital parts or veins of the construction.
As well as:
73. If any part of the door, beam of a balance, column, peg, or latticed
windows comes in the centre of the door, then there will be dis-
ease, family distress and loss of wealth.
74. The constructions on the vital parts or the obstruction of the
door is not to be considered faulty if it is obstructed by perma-
nent objects, as well as a temple with slanting inclination, but
occasionally there may be obstruction of the door.
75. There will be no obstruction at the interval of a wall, or the main
street (Rājamārga) . If it is made by the broad rectangular fillet of
a pillar or if it is from the inside of a wall, it is not regarded as
obstruction.