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

Chapter V
[Gṛhvinyāsaḥ Lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ]
Now the planning of a house and its peculiarities will be described.

1. The planning (of a house ) should be done in such a way that the
   door should be placed in the Eastern direction. Planning will start
   from the North-East corner excepting that the bedroom and din-
   ing room should not be placed therein.
   This is also quoted in Vivekavilāsa.
2. According to necessity, the door should be planned in the East-
   ern side of a house, but the Eastern direction will not to be
   determined by the phenomena of sunrise as it is known.
3. In a house the door should be built facing the East, and there will
   be a broad courtyard. In the South-East corner (Agni) there will
   be a kitchen, cowshed, and the kitchen for the chief queen.
4. In the South (Yāmya) there will be a water reservoir, dancing court,
   dining hall and in the South-West (Nairṛtya)¹ there will be bath-
   room for children and the place for the care of the body.
5. The site for ponds will be in the West and in the North-East
   (Vāyu) corner the storage for rice and oil will be constructed. In
   the North (Saumya) there will be the treasury and garden; the
   temple should be in the North-East (Īśa) corner.
6. The main room will be in the centre position and it can be used
   as the master’s bedroom, if one wishes so. In a West-facing house,
   the God should be kept facing towards South.
7. The cow-shed will face either towards South or North, never to-
   wards East or West.
8. Nairṛtya is the direction of Nirṛti (South-West).