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

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 123
102. Let it be propitious for you, O son of Earth, Gods and good De-
mons, I shall perform the act, please change your residence.
103. Saying so, lowering the trees one should consecrate the axe.
Mantra :-
Om, salute to the God Rudra, Piṅgala the Mahātman, Viśvadeva,
104. Viśvarūpa, Viśvakarmā, salute to them again and again.
105. Leaving the main branches, one should cut the upper part and
examine that.
106. Water shedding trees are beneficial, but milky trees or the trees
which shed honey are not suitable. If the trees are felled towards
the East, North or North-East, it gives good results.
107. For the construction of a house, those types of trees are to be
discarded which grow beside a temple and holy ground (Caitya),
nested by spirits, trees which are grown on cremation grounds or
infected with insects.
108. Trees covered with white ants, those which have dried up by
themselves, trees with nests, those which are used as a shelter
by Śūdras. Trees with sinews, those which grow on the confluence
of the river.
109. Milky and thorny trees, broken on its own, trees which are
resting places for all passersby, which are the abode of birds and
of animals, which are broken by wind and lightning.
110a. Trees which grow near a tank, well, pond or such place, and dis-
eased trees should be discarded.

124 वास्तुमण्डनम्
अरिष्ट३४पञ्चकं तद्वत्कोविदारमुदुम्बरम्।
शुभाः पुण्यवनाद्रिस्था दृढाः साराः समाद्रुमाः ॥१११॥
शाकः शिरीषः श्रीपर्णी शिंशपा सरलः शमी।
सुरद्रुमः सप्तपर्णः शाल्मली सर्जकोऽशनः ॥११२॥
तमालतालहिन्तालशालकालाः सकट्फलाः।
नालिकेरः (नारिकेलः) सखर्जूरश्रीरः कदरखदिरौ ॥११३॥
विम्बो निम्बः कदम्बश्च जम्बुः स्तम्बो मधुद्रुमः।
पिशितः पनसः पिण्डी पूगपत्तङ्गपद्मकाः ॥११४॥
राजादनो धन्वनश्च चन्दनो रक्तचन्दनः।
तिनिसस्तिमिर३५श्रोणिं तिन्दुकस्तिलकस्तरुः ॥११५॥
अजकर्णोऽर्जुनो भूर्जोऽशोको वंशोविकङ्कतः।
क्षीरिणी रोहिणी रोध्री होमो हारिद्रकोऽञ्जनः ॥११६॥
पुरुषो लंकुचः सिंहो गवाक्षी च शुभा मयमते गृहे।
कालस्कन्धः कोविदारः करवीरः कलिद्रुमः ॥ ११७॥
३६कालागरुः कर्णिकारः कपित्थश्चापि किंशुकः।
कण्टः करञ्जः कर्पूरस्तिन्दुकश्च महाद्रुमाः ॥११८॥
बदर्युदुम्बरो बाणो विल्वश्च बकुलो वटः।
पुत्रजीवः पारिजातः पिण्डी पालाशपिप्पलौ ॥११९॥
पाटला पद्मकः पीलुः प्लक्षः पथ्यापिक प्रियः।
श्लेष्मातकः सप्तपर्णः शिरीषः सरलः शिवाः ॥१२०॥
३४. चंपकं in A
३५. ख्रौणि/स्त्रीणि in BDE
३६. Ms Aomits v 118

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 125
110b-111. Āmra, Bibhītaka, Ciñcā, Nīpa, Śleṣmātaka, Dhava, Ariṣṭa pañcaka
as well as Kovidāra, and Udumbara, are beneficial if they are grown
in an auspicious forest. They are hard, vigorous, and straight types
of trees.
112-116. Śāka, Śirīṣa, Śrīparṇī, Śiṁśapā, Sarala, Śamī, Suradruma, Saptaparṇa,
Śālmalī, Sarjaka, Aśana, Tamāla, Tāla, Hintāla, Śālakāla, Sakaṭphala,
Nālikera, Kharjura, Cīra, Kadara, Khadira, Vimba, Nimba, Kadamba,
Jambu, Stamba, Madhudruma, Piśita, Panasa, Piṇḍī, Pūga, Pattaṅga,
Padmaka, Rājādana, Dhanvana, Candana, Raktacandana, Tiniśa,
Timira, Śroṇi, Tinduka, Tilaka, Ajakarṇa, Arjuna, Bhūrja, Aśoka, Vaṁśa,
Vikaṅkata, Kṣīriṇī, Rohiṇī, Rodhrī, Homa, Hāridraka, Añjana, Puruṣa,
Laṁkuca, Siṁha, Gavākṣī— are regarded as auspicious for a house.
according to Maya:-
117-118. Kālaskandha, Kovidāra, Karavīra, Kalidruma, Kālāgaru, Karṇikāra,
Kapittha, Kiṁśuka, Kaṇṭaka, Karañja, Karcūra, Tinduka – these are
the big trees (Mahādruma).
119. Badarī, Udumbara, Bāṇa, Vilva, Bakula, Vaṭa, Putrajīva, Pārijāta,
Piṇḍī, Palāśa, Pippalī.
120-121. Pāṭala, Padmaka, Pīlu, Plakṣa, Pathya, Pika, Priya, Śleṣmātaka,

126 वास्तुमण्डनम्
शिलीन्ध्रः शाल्मली सर्पमार शम्याकशाबराः ।
देवयोग्या इमे वृक्षा मानुषेष्वस्तनर्थदाः ॥ १२१ ॥
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन न गृह्णीयान्नरालये ।
न वृक्षानयनं कार्यं धनिष्ठादिपञ्चके ॥१२२ ॥
यदेकद्वित्रिजातीयैः भूरुहैः भवनं कृतम् ।
तत्तनोति श्रियं नित्यं बहुभिर्बहुभीतिदम् ॥१२३ ॥
मतान्तरे ॥
एकैव शस्ता श्रीपर्णी शिंशपा सरलोऽर्जुनः ।
हारिद्रकस्तिन्दुकश्च पद्मकः पनसतथा ॥१२४ ॥
चन्दनः सुरदारुश्च योज्या नैतेऽन्यसंयुताः ॥१२५ ॥
अथ सन्धिविधिः-
³७मूले मूलं न युञ्जियादग्रेणाग्रं च दारुणः ।
न पुराणैः नवमथो मूलं याम्येऽपरे शुभम् ॥१२६ ॥
ऊर्ध्वद्रव्येष्वधोमूलं पार्श्वद्रव्येषु मध्यतः ।
शायिते स्यादधोमूलमग्रमूर्ध्वं प्रयोजयेत् ॥१२७ ॥
चतुष्ट्यां नैर्ऋते मूले कुर्यादग्रद्वयं शिवे ।
न सन्धिः स्तम्भयोर्मध्ये ब्रह्मस्थानेऽपि तं त्यजेत् ॥१२८ ॥
एकस्मिन् पंक्तिसन्धाने सन्धिरेकाकृतिर्भवेत् ।
उपर्युपरि चैवं स्याद्विपरीते विपत्करम् ॥१२९ ॥
37. Similar verses are found in the Mayamata Part I ch. 17 v. 9 onward.

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 127
Saptaparṇa, Śirīṣa, Sarala, Śiva, Śilīndhra, Śālmalī, Sarpamāra, Śamī,
Ākaśābarā— These trees are most suitable for Gods but disastrous
for men.
So, with all efforts, these trees should not be brought for human
dwellings.
122. On the constellation of Dhaniṣṭhā¹ and other five stars, collection
of the wood should not be done.
123. If the house is built with one, two or three types of wood, it is
beneficial for ever, if the construction is done with various types
of trees, it is dangerous.
According to another opinion:
124. Śrīparṇī, Śiṃśapā, Sarala, Arjuna, Hāridraka, Tinduka, Padmaka, as
well as Panasa are best for construction if they are not joined
with each other.
125. Candana and Suradāru can be joined with one another but not
with other types of wood.
Now the rules for assemblage:-
126 The bottom part of a tree should not be joined with the bottom
(of another tree), as also the upper part should not be joined with
another upper part. The old part should not be assembled with a
new one, and it is auspicious if the root part is assembled with
the right and other parts of a tree. .
127. One should assemble the upper part with the lower part (of a
tree), the side branches with the middle part, the bottom part
should be arranged below, and the top above.
128. Of all the four directions, the root part should be joined in the
South-West direction (Śiva) and the upper two parts in the North
East direction. No joints should be done in a pillar and it should
also be discarded in the centre ( Brahmasthāna) .
129. In a single row the joints should be of the same type, from top to
bottom. Any deviation will lead to failure.

1. Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatabhiṣā, Pūrvā Uttarabhādrapadā and Revatī.

128 वास्तुमण्डनम्
अन्तरग्रं बहिर्मूलं स्वामिनस्तु विनाशनम्।
द्रव्यविस्तारमध्यस्थं रन्ध्रं शीघ्रविनाशकृत् ॥१३०॥
इति श्री वास्तुमण्डने वास्तुशास्त्रे गृहनिवेशद्वारभूलम्भवृक्षाहरणं
सन्ध्यादिलक्षणाध्यायश्चतुर्थः। श्लोकाः॥१३०॥

Ch. IV – Gṛhādiniveśaḥ 129
(While making the combination)
130. If the top portion is placed at the bottom, and the bottom out-
side, it causes death of the owner and if there is any hole in the
middle of the breadth of the wood, it gets destroyed very soon.
Thus ends the fourth chapter of the Vāstumaṇḍana which comprises housing, door,
height of a house, collection of woods and joinery, etc. There are Ślokas 130.

पञ्चमोऽध्यायः
[गृहविन्यासः लक्षणसमुच्चयः]
यस्यां दिशि पुरो द्वारं तां प्राचीं परिकल्पयेत्।
न्यास ईशादितः कार्यो भोजने शयनेऽन्यथा ॥१ ॥
विवेकविलासेऽपि।
पूर्वादिदिग्विनिर्देशो गृहे द्वार१व्यपेक्षया।
भास्करोदयदिक्पूर्वा न विज्ञेया यथा श्रुते ॥२ ॥
पूर्वे द्वारं गृहे कुर्यादास्थानं पृथु चाङ्गनम्।
अग्नौ महानसं धेनुं महिषी व्यञ्जनालयम् ॥३ ॥
याम्ये जलगृहं नृत्यशालां भोजनमन्दिरम्।
नैर्ऋत्ये स्नानसूतानां देहचिन्तापदं बहिः ॥४ ॥
पश्चिमे दीर्घिकास्थानं वायौ स्नेहान्नयोगृहम्।
सौम्ये धनाङ्गनोद्यानस्थानमीशे सुरालयम् ॥५ ॥
मध्ये मुख्यगृहं स्वामि२वाञ्छया शयनास्पदम्।
पश्चिमास्या गृहे देवा स्थाप्या दक्षिणतोमुखः ॥६ ॥
याम्योत्तरास्या गावः स्युर्न प्राक् पश्चिमतोमुखाः ॥७ ॥
१. अपेक्षया in DE
२. वांछना in A

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).

132 वास्तुमण्डनम्
वीक्षः ।
वामाङ्गे वस्त्रशस्यार्थं देवार्चाभेषजालयम् ।
दक्षिणे दीप३नयानतोयोच्छिष्टपदं न्यसेत् ॥८॥
अथ राजगृहविन्यासः ॥
पुरादौ त्रिचतुर्थांशे कारयेत् राजमन्दिरम् ।
पश्चिमे सौम्यतो वाऽपि तत्तु दुर्गेषु भूवशात् ॥९॥
अपराजिते ॥
एकद्वित्रिसहस्रैस्तु हस्तैः राजगृहं त्रिधा ।
तुङ्गंराजगृहं रम्यं मन्दिरोद्यानदीर्घिकाः ॥१०॥
त्रिप्राकारं सपरिखं स्याच्चतुर्गोपुरं वरम् ।
पूर्वास्यं दक्षिणास्यं वा नोदक् प्रत्यग्दिशामुखम् ॥११॥
एकाशीति पदे क्षेत्रे मध्ये ब्रह्मपदेऽकणम् ।
मण्डपं वा न्यसेद्द्रव्य४माये द्वारं गृहं सभा ॥१२॥
विवस्वत्यभिषेकार्थं मित्रे मुख्यगृहं न्यसेत् ।
पृथ्‌वीधरे सभामापे भाण्डागारं प्रकारयेत् ॥१३॥
आपवत्सेऽम्बरागारं सावित्रे भोजनास्पदम् ।
कुर्यात्सवितरि श्रेष्ठं सव्यं जनमहानसम् ॥१४॥
इन्द्रे राजाम्बिकागेहमिन्द्रराज ५उपस्करम् ।
रुद्र६व्यये ७महिष्याश्च राजस्त्रीणां गृहा अपि ॥१५॥
३. मंयान - in A
४. Here आय denotes the place for Aryamâ
५. पुरस्करम् in BCDE
६. द्वये in A
७. महिषश्व in A

Ch. V – Gṛhavinyāsaḥ lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ 133
After Examination (Vīkṣya)
8. On the left side of a house there will be the dressing room, gra-
nary, temple and medicinal room. On the right side the room for
lighting and other accessories should be made.
Now the planning of a King's palace
9. The royal palace should be erected in the front part of the city
occupying three-fourths of the area. In a fort, according to the
nature of the soil, one should construct a palace either in the
West or in the North
In the Aparājitapṛcchā
10. According to the measurement of 1, 2 and 3 thousand hands,
the King's palace may be of three types. The royal palace will be
elevated, consisting of the temple, garden and lakes.
11. The best palace will be adorned with three ramparts, a moat and
four Gopuras (main gates). It will face either the East or South, but
never the West or North.
12. If the land is divided into 81 Pādas, the central part should be
drawn as Brahmapada. In the approach (Āya) there shall be gate-
ways and pavilions.
13. The coronation hall will be on the Vivasvata (South) and the main
rooms on the Mitrasthāna (Western side). The halls should be on
the Pṛthvīdhara and the treasury (Bhāṇḍāgāra) on the site of Āpa.
14. Ambarāgāra - the sky gazing room ² - is on the āpavatsa (North
East side) and the dining hall is on the Sāvitra (South). The best
one on the East (Savitari) and the community kitchen should be
placed on the left (Savya).
15. On the Indra (East) and Indrarāja (South-West), the houses of the
King as well as the Queen Mother will be built, and on
the Rudra (North-West) the house of the Queen and other women
of the royal palace, related to the King, will be made.
2 At that period, there seems to be a particular room which was used to gaze the sky and
Rana Kumbha was specially interested in that and a hanging room was found in the
palace of Kumbhalgarh.

' (pu-shpa).
In L8: 'पु' then 'ष्' then 'णि': wait, is there a second 'ण'?
Look at the space between 'ष्' and 'ण': there's a vertical stroke, wait, 'ष्' has a loop with diagonal, then attached to it is 'ण'? It looks like 'पुष्णि'. Wait, look at the loop: it is just 'ष्णि'. Let's look really closely at "पुष्णि":
Wait, is it "पुष्णि" or "पुष्ण्णि"?
In Sanskrit, Pushan locative is "पूष्णि" (or "पुष्णि" metri causa). The conjunct is ष् + ण = ष्ण. With i-matra = ष्णि.
It is written as ष्णि! Not ष्ण्णि. Let's look at the matra: the 'ि' matra comes down to the left of ष्. Then ष् and ण are joined: ष्णि. So it is "पुष्णि"!

वितथे वर्मबल्ल[बल्य?]रायुधानां भोजनस्य च ॥१९॥

• 'वितथे', 'वर्मबल्ल[बल्य?]रायुधानां', 'भोजनस्य', 'च', '॥१९॥'
  Wait, is that "वर्मबल्ल[बल्य?]रायुधानां"?
  Yes: वर्मबल्ल[बल्य?]रायुधानां. Exactly as printed with brackets and question mark.

Ch. V – Gṛhavinyāsaḥ lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ 135
16. The temple should be built on the Īśa (North-East) and it will
face either South or West. In the place of Parjanya the royal court
should be built, which will face West, having its face on the back.
17. In the Jaya, the place for the clerical community, hall for practice,
pavilion, water tanks, in the Śakra, the painting gallery and the
room for teaching and in the Sūrya the place for disbursement on
the courtyard of the palace should be built.
18. In the Satya, schools and the legal court will be built facing back
to back. On the Bhṛśa, the storage room for business affairs and
on the Vyoma the main kitchen will be placed.
19. On the Vahni - the room for cooked food and cowshed, on the Puṣṇī
the meeting room, on the Vitatha - the room for preserving
armour, spears and other weapons as well as the dining room will
be constructed.
20. The painting room as well as the place for guards or sentinels
should be built on the Gṛhakṣata. On the Yama, the watch tower
for observation of the troops and the pleasure room for dancers
on the Gandharva should be constructed.
21. In the Bhṛṅga there will be a road, and following it there will be a
room for diseased persons (Dehacintāpada) outside Mṛga. There
will be a bathing room and the place for playing dice in
the Pitṛsthāna, and the place for water sports in Dvāstha (Dauvārika).
22. Otherwise this palace should be built as high as an elephant to
watch the battlefield or behind this, one room for the rehearsal
of the battle can be built.
23. The wrestling place will be on the Sugrīva and on Puṣpadanta there
will be the parade place for military exercise. For the Varuṇa
prince's house, in the Asura granary and dressing room for women
should be placed.
24. Weapons and poison for emergency use of the seraglio in the
Śoṣa, rooms for the keeper of the seraglio in the Roga, the stable
for donkeys and camels in the Vāyu and the pond
for Dhātrī and Sairandhrī in the Nāga should be erected.

and ला, there is a half-ल!
Look at line 8's "भल्लाटे":
It is: भ (bha) + ल् (half la) + ला (lā) + टे (ṭe).
Now compare line 8 "भल्लाटे" with line 2:
In line 2:
After 'कुर्या':
There is द्.
Then there is भ.
Then there is... wait, look at the distance between भ and टे in line 2 vs line 8:
In line 8: "भल्लाटे" is very wide! It has भ, then ल्, then ला, then टे.
In line 2: the whole thing from द् to टे is the SAME width as "भल्लाटे" in line 8!
Wait! It IS "कुर्याद्भल्लाटे"!
Wait, let me look at the letters again:
Is it द् + भ् + ला?
Look at the print:
Does it say "कुर्याद्भाटे" or "कुर्याद्भल्लाटे"?
Wait, look at the image text in full resolution:
Line 2:
"मुख्ये कन्यागृहं कुर्याद्भाटे श्वेतभेषजम् ।"
Wait, look at the letter:
It is:
क ु
र ् य ा
द्
भ
Wait, look at the characters:
Is there a 'ल'?
Wait, look at "द्भाटे":
Why would someone see "

Ch. V – Gṛhavinyāsaḥ lakṣaṇasamuccayaḥ 137
25. The chamber of the girls in the Mukhya and the white medicinal
herbs in the Bhallāṭa should be kept. In the Soma, the room for
shampooing and in the Śaila toilets and confinement room for
women are to be built.
26. In the Aditi there will be bathing place for children and in the Diti
there will be place for massage and hot water. In the East there
will be the drawing room, place for meeting and on both the
sides there will be room for wrestling.
27. For a King’s house the best type of door is to be erected, espe-
cially in the direction of Śakra. Three or five storied buildings
are to be built either in Mukhya or Gṛhakṣata.
28. On the Puṣpadanta or Bhallāṭa, the door should be erected on the
lower storey. According to the desire of the King the door and the
edifices are not to be erected.
29. Residential places of women, bedrooms, walls, are to be con-
structed. Stable for horses is to be erected on the left side and it
is auspicious if placed in double intermediate space (Dviguṇāntara).
30. These will be of three types, 100, 80 or 60 hands in length. The
width will serially be 15, 13, 11 and may end in 9 hands.
31. The horses will stay facing towards the south or north and that
place will be raised by two hands. The hall for elephants will be
placed on the southern part and it is auspicious if placed at four
times distance.
32. The hall will be 7, 8 or 9 hands high and the pillars of the hall
will have coating on them. The row of elephants will face either
the East or South.
Thus ends the 5th chapter of Vāstumaṇḍana in Vāstuśāstra comprising
the arrangement of the house written by Śrī Sūtradhāra Maṇḍana.

षष्ठोऽध्यायः
[शालादि गृहलक्षणम्]
ध्रुवादीनि प्रवक्ष्यामि वासाय पुरवासिनाम्।
शस्तानि निन्दितान्येषां भवन्ति भवनानि च ॥१ ॥
अलिन्दा द्वित्रिवेदान्तशाले गेहे ध्रुवादिवत्।
मुखे द्वि १अधिका कार्या मण्डपस्य च वृद्धये ॥२ ॥
शालामध्ये द्विषट्दारु २एकं कुर्याद्विनापि तम्।
मध्येऽपवरकं ३वापि फलकैर्दृढकाष्ठजैः ॥३ ॥
छन्दास्तु षड्जात्युत्पन्ना भेदैर्भिन्ना द्विरष्टभिः।
तैरुक्तं क्रमरूपाद्यै गृहसंख्या ह्यनेकधा ॥ ४ ॥
खण्डपाण्डुवाजिमयतृणपर्णसुपट्टकैः।
उदितः षड्विधः छन्दः प्रयोज्यो गृहकर्मणि ॥ ५ ॥
पट्टछन्दे यथा भेदाः शालालिन्दादिका मताः।
विपरीता तृणछन्दे षोडशैव प्रकीर्त्तिताः ॥ ६ ॥
हीनोदयाः पाण्डुसंज्ञा वाजिनस्तूच्छ्रयेऽधिकाः।
फलकान्ते चतुर्हस्तः शेषछन्देषु ४चोच्छ्रयः ॥ ७ ॥
१. त्र्यधिका - in B
२. एवं - in A
३. चापि - in A
४. वोच्छ्रयः - in D.E

Chapter VI
[Śālādi Gṛhlakṣaṇaam]
Description of Ekaśālā and other houses

1. Now I shall relate about the apartment, beginning with Dhruva and
   others for the dwelling of citizens, and whether auspicious or
   inauspicious.
2. It is universally accepted that 2, 3 and 4 porticos (Alinda) will be
   built in the Śālā or a house. Two more porticos are to be added
   at the entrance, for the extension of the pavilion.
3. In the center of the Śālā house, two ṣaḍdārukas¹ are to be erected,
   failing which at least one should be given, and outside it, the central
   lying- in-chamber should be made with strong wooden planks.
4. The shapes (patterns) or Chanda are of six types having sixteen
   varieties. They have been described according to the serial order,
   the number of houses being innumerable.
5. Khaṇḍa, Pāṇḍu, Vāji, Tṛṇa, Parṇa, Paṭṭa² - these six types of designs
   are to be used in the construction of the houses.
6. The division of Paṭṭa Chanda is done according to
   the Śālās and Alindas. Tṛnacchanda is of opposite type and they have
   sixteen varieties.
7. Pāṇḍu type of construction is less in height whereas Vājicchanda has
   greater height. For the remaining varieties of designs, the height
   will be similar to 4 hands at the extremity of the wooden plank.

1. Ṣaḍdāru- a kind of wooden structure made of six logs of wood.
2. Khaṇḍacchanda- Of the component parts of a human dwelling, which are mainly in the
   middle of the house.
   Pāṇḍu – Belonging to the storied mansions built in stone.
   Vājicchanda - Stone architecture.
   Tṛnacchanda - Śālās with thatched roof.
   Parṇa - Śālās with roof made of leaves.
   Paṭṭacchanda- Chādana type, Śālās with Pāṭana roof.
   A. P. ch 68. Verse 11 writes pūrṇa for parṇa.

140 वास्तुमण्डनम्
अथ प्रस्तारः
यदृच्छया लिख्य गुरून्सर्वस्याधो लघुं लिखेत्।
यथोपरि तथा शेषं भूयः कुर्यादमुंविधिम्॥ ८॥
ऊने दद्यादुरून्सर्वं लघ्वन्तं प्रस्तारेदिति॥ ९॥
प्रस्तारः।
नष्टे रूपे बुधैः पृष्टे गुरूरूने समे लघुः।
विषमे चैकमाधाय दलयेत्पुनरेव हि॥ १०॥
नष्टम्।
उद्दिष्टे स्थापयेदङ्कान् क्रमाद् द्विगुणितानधः।
लघुस्थानोद्भवैरङ्कैः संख्या स्यादेकमिश्रितैः॥ ११॥
उद्दिष्टम्।
प्रस्तारवर्णैस्तु समानैकाद्यानेक भू लिखेत्।
ततः संकलनं कुर्यादुपात्यस्य निवर्त्तनात्॥ १२॥
एकादिलघुविज्ञानं द्वितीयस्थानतो भवेत्।
मेरुश्च खण्डमेरुश्च सूची तद्वल्लघुक्रिया॥ १३॥
द्वौ भागौ विलिखेत्तिर्यगेककाङ्केन संयुतौ।
अंशवृद्ध्य क्रमेणाधो मेरौ वा खण्डमेरुके॥ १४॥
एकैकाङ्कं लिखेत् पंक्त्यमादावन्ते च सर्वतः।
ऊर्ध्वसङ्कलनेनाधः पंक्तौ पंक्तौ च मध्यतः॥ १५॥
आदौ सर्वगुरौ रूपं प्रान्ते सर्वलघुर्भवेत्।
शेषेष्वेकाद्यलिन्दानां संख्या प्राज्ञैरुदाहृता॥ १६॥
इति मेरुखण्डे मेरुसूचीछन्दः॥

Ch. VI – Śālādi gṛhalakṣaṇam 141
Now Prastāra
8. At one's convenience (free choice) the Guru³ should be drawn
and under all Guru, Laghu can be arranged. The layout should be
the same in the beginning as well as in the end and that order can
be repeated.
9. In the layout, the arrangement of the Guru will be less and Laghu
will be at the end.
Prastāra
10. According to the scholars in the form, Naṣṭa Guru will be placed
at the back and Laghu will be less in number and is to be placed
at the even place. In case of uneven number, one should count
again taking one of them.
Naṣṭa
11. In the form Uddiṣṭa, the numbers are to be placed serially and
the lower part will be multiplied twice. The numerals coming
from Laghu will make a number with the addition of one.
Uddiṣṭa
12. Those which are equal to the letters (Guru, Laghu) of Prastāra
should be written in one place. Then the whole thing should be
summarized for the completion of the penultimate.
13. The first Laghu is known to be placed in the second place. Like-
wise in the Meru, Khaṇḍameru and Sūcī Laghu will be placed in the
same manner.
14. Two sections are to be drawn slantingly so that they can be joined
together. In the Meru and Khaṇḍameru the section will gradually
increase downwards.
Each row will start with one letter and it will end with the same.
By arranging the upper line, lower line and the middle line, Guru
will be placed in the beginning of each line and Laghu at the end.
15-16. According to the wise people, at the end the number of the porti-
cos starting from one will emerge in this manner.
This is Merusūcīchanda in Merukhaṇḍa.
3. According to A.P. Guru means wall and Laghu Alinda. Prastāra means permutation
combination of Guru

142 वास्तुमण्डनम्
इष्टरूपे लघून्पूर्वमन्ते तु विलिखेद्गुरून् ।
पूर्ववत्प्रस्तारे तावद्यावद्रूपविपर्ययम् ॥ १७ ॥
लघोः पृष्ठे गुरून्दद्याच्छेषांस्तस्माल्लघून्यसेत् ।
पूर्वरूपे तु यावन्तोलास्तावन्तोऽपरेष्वपि ॥ १८ ॥
खण्डप्रस्तार इत्येषपताकाछन्सूचकः ।
लघुक्रियाङ्गसंघात पृथगुपायदर्शितः ॥ १९ ॥
इति खण्डप्रस्तारः।
लघुस्थाने गृहमुखदालिन्दं सृष्टितो न्यसेत् ।
तत्पर्यायाः क्षणे मुखाःपदेऽलिन्दे लघुस्तथा ॥ २० ॥
चतुर्गुरूणां प्रस्तारे एकशालानि षोडश ।
ध्रुवादीनि गृहाणि स्युस्तेभ्यो वेदोत्तरं शतम् ॥ २१ ॥
प्रस्तारो रूपभेदो स्याद्गृहाणि षोडशैव हि ।
तेषु मन्वङ्गदिग्विश्वपञ्चमं तु परित्यजेत् ॥ २२ ॥
तेभ्यः षोडशतश्चैकशालानि सयुगांशतम् ।
एकैकस्य सहस्रं तु पुनरष्टौ तथैकतः ॥ २३ ॥
द्वापञ्चाशद्द्विशालानामेकैकस्य क्रमेण च ।
५द्विसहस्रमिता वृद्धिः पुनरष्टौ तथैकतः ॥ २४ ॥
द्वासप्ततिस्त्रिशालानि त्रीणि त्रीणि क्रमात्ततः ।
सहस्राणि भवन्त्येवं तथैवाष्टाष्ट चैकतः ॥ २५ ॥
५. Comp A.P ch 93. V 22-23