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Ch. VI – Śālādi gṛhalakṣaṇam 145
26. Catuḥśālā type of houses will have 256 varieties. The variety may
increase up to 1000, and like the previous one, each of them
may have eight varieties again.
27. According to Viśvakarmā the number of Śālā houses will be one
Crore, fifteen lakh and forty eight thousand.
28. One, two, three, four Śālā houses can be constructed through the
Prastāra principle. The principle of combination (of one to four Śālā
houses) will apply for houses from the fifth to tenth. Śālā houses
or the mutual combination of these Śālā houses will give rise to the
fifth to tenth Śālā houses.
Such as
29. By the addition of Catuḥśālā and Ekaśālā one form of Pañcaśālā
house will be formed.
Pañcaśālā type of houses will have six ways of formation. Other combina-
tion⁴ will be of Triśālā and Dviśālā, two Ekaśālās and one Triśālā, two
Dviśālās and one Ekaśālā, three Ekaśālās and one Dviśālā or
five Ekaśālās.
30-31. Likewise there will be combinations for six Śālā houses and oth-
ers. There will be nine ways of combinations for six Śālā houses
and eleven ways for Saptaśālā.
32. Aṣṭaśālā houses will have 15 types of combination and Navaśālā
houses will have 8 combinations. Twenty three varieties of com-
bination are given for the application of Daśaśālā.
33. The name which is other than the birth name acquired by the
birth star is kept for welfare. The auspicious and inauspicious
characters should be determined by this method for the King's
palace, house and village.
34. As the names of the moat, fort, city, village etc have been named
differently by the wise men after consideration, similarly the names
of the dwelling places will be named.
4. 1. 4 Śālā + 1 Ekaśālā 2. 3 Śālā+ 1 Dviśālā
3. 3 Śālā + 2 Ekaśālās 4. 2 Dviśālā + 1 Ekaśālā
5. 1 Dviśālā+ 3 Ekaśālā 6. 5 Ekaśālās