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

176 वास्तुमण्डनम्
भोजः ॥
यद्द्विशालं त्रिशालं वा चतुःशालमथापि वा ।
अलिन्दरहितं वेश्म तदनिष्टफलप्रदम् ॥४५ ॥
ग्रन्थान्तरे ॥
पुरतः पृष्ठतः पार्श्वे यदि वाऽलिन्दवर्जिता ।
न शस्यते शाला देवागारे तु शस्यते ॥४६ ॥
न देवधूर्त्तसचिवःचत्वाराणां समीपतः ।
कारयेद्भवनं प्राज्ञो दुःखशोक १९भयं ततः ॥४७ ॥
तथा च ।
सुरवैरिनृपामात्यचौरपाषण्डपापिनाम् ।
चत्वारां त्यज धूर्त्तानां समीपे दुःखदं गृहम् ॥४८ ॥
न कुर्यादर्हतः पृष्ठे अग्रतः शिवसूर्ययोः ।
पार्श्वयो र्ब्रह्मविष्णोश्च गृहं चण्डयाः समन्ततः ॥४९ ॥
शिवसूर्यजिनादीनामन्तरे न शुभं गृहम् ।
मार्गश्चैको यदा गच्छेदुभयोर्गृह२० पार्श्वयोः ॥५० ॥
मार्गवेधस्तदा स स्याच्छोकसन्तापकारकः ।
गृहपृष्ठं समालोक्य प्रवेशो न शुभङ्करः ॥५१ ॥
मार्गान्तरे त्वादिभूमिः समभित्त्या न दूषणम् ॥ ५२ ॥
मत्स्यमते ।
स्तम्भं वा भवनं वापि द्वारं वासगृहं तथा ।
दिङ्मूढे कुलनाशः स्यान्न च सम्बद्धयेद्गृहम् ॥५३ ॥
१९. फलं in A
२०. पृष्ठयो in B

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 177
Bhoja
45. Whether it is Dviśālā, Triśālā or Catuśśālā a building without any
portico yields bad results.
According to another work
46. A Śālā house without any portico in the front, back or side is
inauspicious, but it is praiseworthy for a temple.
47. A wise man should not build a house near a temple or near a
wicked person's house or a councilor's residence or near the sac-
rificial ground as these cause fear or grief and sorrow.
Also
48. A house gives painful results if built near a temple, or the house
of a warrior, enemy, King, councilor, thief, heretic, sinful men.
One should avoid building near a courtyard or a cunning person's
house.
49. One should not build one's house in the rear of a Buddhist
temple or in the front of a Śiva and Sūrya temple, nor on the side
of a Brahma and Viṣṇu temple, nor around a Caṇḍī temple.
50. A house, if built in between the temple of Śiva, Sūrya or Jina and
if the road runs by both sides of a house, it is not regarded as
auspicious.
51. Then it is known as obstruction of road and it causes grief and
sorrow. The entrance facing the exit is not auspicious.
52. But if the main plot of land is on the other side of the road and it
is equal to the wall there is no fault.
So says the Matsyapurāṇa
53. If the correct orientation is not done for a pillar, house, door, as
well as a dwelling place, then there will be destruction of one's
family, and one should not extend his house in such a manner.

178 वास्तुमण्डनम्
यदि सम्बर्द्धयेद्गेहं सर्वमेव विवर्द्धयेत्।
प्राग्वर्धिते मित्रवैरं याम्ये शत्रुभयं गृहे ॥५४॥
पश्चिमेऽर्थविनाशस्यान्मनस्तापस्तथोत्तरे।
आग्नेयेऽग्निभयं विन्द्याद्राक्षसे तु शिशुक्षयम् ॥५५॥
२१वायव्येऽनिल २२रुक्कोपं ईशाने शस्यसंक्षयम् ॥५६॥
मयः॥
वृद्धिं गृहादिवास्तूनामिच्छेद्यदि समृद्धितः।
प्रागुत्तरे सर्वतो वा वर्धयेन्नान्यतो गृहम् ॥५७॥
ग्रन्थान्तरे।
संवर्धनं च वास्तूनां वास्तुसम्बरणानि च।
द्वाराणां परिवृत्तिश्च मृत्यवे स्यान्न संशयः ॥५८॥
मयः।
इष्टव्यासायामं प्रागेवालं विचिन्त्य कर्तव्यम्।
तस्माद्धीनं यत्तत्सततं विपदांपदं भवति ॥५९॥
भोजः।
स्थापितद्वार२३ संरोधे गृहिणो जायतेऽश्मरी।
कृतानि यत्र चीयन्ते गवाक्षालोकनानि च ॥६०॥
तत्र प्रसूतिर्न भवेन्निष्पन्नापि विनश्यति।
कुड्यं भित्त्वा न कर्तव्यं द्वारं तत्र सुखेप्सुभिः ॥६१॥
२१. व्ययब्ये. in A
२२. सष्कोपं. in A
२३. मम्बोध. in DE

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 179
54. If there is any occasion of extension of the house, one should
extend it in all directions. If any extension is done in the East
there may be quarrel with friends, if in the South there is a fear
from enemies.
If extended in the West there is loss of wealth, and if in the
North there will be mental agony.
55-56. If in the South-East, there will be fear from fire. In the South-
West, there will be loss of child, and if in the North-West there
will be fear from the wind and there will be loss of grains if in
the North-East.
Maya
57. If one wants to extend his house or Vāstu with prosperity, he should
extend it towards the East, North or on all sides, not on other
sides of the house.
In other works
58. While carrying out extension or diminution of a house, the alter-
ation of a door will cause death, and there is no doubt about this.
Maya
59. Desired length and breadth should be ascertained properly, (be-
fore starting a construction). If less than the prescribed measure-
ment, it always brings danger.
60. If there is any obstruction to the constructed door and if the
windows already set up and other sources of light are diminished
or cut down, the inmates of the house will turn into gravel.
61. Then there will be no birth, and those conceived will be lost. So,
one who wants to attain happiness should not build a door by
breaking the wall.

180 वास्तुमण्डनम्
द्वारे च जलनिःस्रावं नैव कुर्याद्विचक्षणः ।
निम्नोन्नतं करालं च सम्मुखं पृष्ठदेशगम् ॥६२ ॥
वामावर्त्तं च न शुभं द्वारमग्रतरं गृहे ।
स्तम्भं द्वारं च भित्तिं च विपरीतं न कारयेत् ॥६३ ॥
कटुकण्टकि दुर्गन्धिः गुह्यकाद्याश्रयान्द्रुमान् ।
न धारयेत् समीपस्थान्पुरप्रासादवेश्मनाम् ॥६४ ॥
२४शालासु भिन्नशालासु सन्धिकर्म न कारयेत् ।
देवतास्थापनं पिण्डशालासु न विधीयते ॥६५ ॥
अन्योन्यसन्धिबद्धं च शिखा कीलस्य वेधनम् ।
धर्मार्थकामसौख्यानां विनाशं नित्यमादिशेत् ॥६६ ॥
अज्ञैः सन्तापवद्भिर्वा परद्रव्यैश्च निर्मितम् ।
त्वरितं २५पूर्णतां नीतं स्थपतिद्वयकारितम् ॥६७ ॥
विनष्टवास्तुसञ्जातद्रव्यैरपि विनिर्मितम् ।
अतृप्तवास्तुदेवं यद्गर्भन्यासवर्जितम् ॥६८ ॥
अक्रमेण कृतं वापि वास्तु तद्याति शून्यताम् ।
अनुवंशं न भुञ्जीत न शयीत कदाचन ॥६९ ॥
भुञ्जानस्यार्थनाशस्याच्छयानस्य न निवृत्तिः ।
यत्र भुक्तं यथास्थानं पात्रधान्याम्बरादिकम् ॥७० ॥
भग्नभाण्डगतं चान्नं मुखवातोपसाधितम् ।
रजस्वला श्वा न दृष्टं सन्ध्ययोर्वा विदिङ्मुखम् ॥७१ ॥
२४. Similar verse in Mayamatam ch 27 v 73 cd 74 ab
२५. पूर्णतानान्तं in A

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 181
62-63. A wise person should never make a water-outlet through the door.
The front and back part of the door should not be too high or low
or frightening. A door should not to be made in such a way as to
turn to the left from the front of the house. The pillar, door and
wall should not stand in opposition to each other.
64. Thorny, pungent, foul smelling trees, and others inhabited by ghosts
should not be planted near a city, palace, or residential building.
65. One should not attach one type of Śālā with another type. One
should not consecrate a deity in the Piṇḍaśālā (disjoined house).
66. If the joinings clings to one another and the tenor obstructs the
nail (peg), it always indicates the destruction of Dharma,
Artha, Kāma, and Soukhya (friendship).
67-68. If a house is built by an ignorant or distressed person with other
than the prescribed material or if it is completed quickly by two
architects or if a house is built with the material collected from
waste, and if the plinth is devoid of a ground plan, the Vāstudeva is
dissatisfied.
69. If a house is built without any order, it becomes useless. One
must not sleep or take food on supporting floorboards (or ge-
nealogical table).
70. A man eating food there suffers monetary loss, and one sleeping
there suffers prolonged drowsiness. It is not proper to leave uten-
sils, rice and clothing in an open place ( then it brings no good).
71. And in the same place if the food is kept in a broken utensil, the
food is cooled by the mouth-wind, the place is covered with dust,
it is not visible in the evening or is in the wrong direction, then it
brings no good.

182 वास्तुमण्डनम्
भग्नासनगतैर्यद्वा २६आसन्दीस्थैश्च भुज्यते ।
यत्रोपघातवत्किञ्चिद्भक्ष्यं पेयमथापि वा ॥७२ ॥
पंक्तिभेदो वृथापाकः पाकभेदः सदाकलिः ॥७३ ॥
आभ्युक्षणं च संध्यायां यत्र कण्टकिनो द्रुमाः ।
भार्या पुनर्भूवल्मीकं यत्र निष्पातवल्लरी ॥७४ ॥
मुसलोलूखले स्त्रीणामास्या ( ? ) तद्वदुदुम्बरे ।
२७मन्त्रस्यावस्करे शस्त्रः पक्वा पक्वान्नलङ्घनम् ॥७५ ॥
स्थालीपिधाने वा दर्व्यास्तलेनाग्निसमर्पणम् ।
उच्चैर्वदन्ति वा रात्रौ नीचैर्ज्वलति वानलः ॥७६ ॥
पितॄनभिवन्दत्येवं पुत्रभार्यास्तथा पतीन् ।
यत्र धान्यं विप्रकीर्णं काकमूषिकभोजनम् ॥७७ ॥
अपावृतं पयस्त्विष्टे उच्छिष्टैः स्पृश्यते घृतम् ।
बालानां प्रेक्षमाणानां वृद्धा भक्ष्यं च भुञ्जते ॥ ७८ ॥
पाचयन्त्यात्मनोऽर्थेऽन्नं वृथैवं मांसभक्षणः ।
उत्सूरशायिनो यत्र पुरुषाश्च प्रागे निशाः ॥७९ ॥
आश्रमस्थान्विधर्मस्थाः प्रद्विषन्ति परस्परम् ।
परस्वा २८दानुरुचयो विपण्यव्यवहारिणः ॥८० ॥
अशुश्रूषुर्गुरोः शिष्यो यत्र शिष्यसखागुरुः ।
शास्तिप्रेष्यांश्च भर्तारं गुरूणां परतो वधुः ॥८१ ॥
कृतघ्ना नास्तिकाः पापा निर्मर्यादा हतः त्विषः ।
अभक्ष्यभक्षिणो यस्मिन्नाचाररहिता नराः ॥८२ ॥
२६. आदिस्यैश्च तु in B, C, D, E
२७. मन्त्रश्चाव in B, C, D, E
२८. दान्नरु in A

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 183
72. (If in the same place) one sits on a broken seat, or eats food
sitting on a small couch, where small amount of food as well as
drinks are treated like an oblation (it brings no good).
73. If one deviates from the proper method of cooking (Paṅktibheda),
then the cooking becomes waste and wrongly cooked food is al-
ways the cause of difference of opinions (it brings no good).
74. In the evening the wife should sprinkle water where the thorny
trees grow, in ant hills where the creepers are without leaves.
75. A pestle, wooden mortar and the seats for ladies will be made out
of the fig tree. The pollution of chanting of the Śastras is same as
the spoiling of cooked rice.
76. It is harmful if one puts fire under the lid of a utensil, or under
the ladle, or if one speaks out loudly at night and the fire burns at
a very low flame.
77. (It is equally harmful) if one endears one's son, wife or husband
in the same way as showing obeisance to one's father and where
the grains are scattered to feed the cows or rats.
78- 79. Also, if the milk which is desired for sacrifice is kept uncovered,
and the clarified butter is touched by impure hands, and if in
front of the children, who are watching eagerly, the elder persons
eat edibles ( it is despisable). Like the male persons who sleep in
the evening before nightfall, those meat eaters who cook rice for
their own interest are also despisable.
80, 81. Residents of Āśramas and those who belong to different faiths are
jealous of each other. They are greedy of the wealth of others and
consume articles from the shop. When a disciple is disobedient
to his Guru, and when the disciple is like a friend to his Guru,
and when the wife wants punishment for her husband in front of
his Guru (this situation is not acceptable).
82. Ungrateful (persons), heretics, sinners, those who transgress the
law, wretchedly drunk, those who eat inedible foods and where
the people do not follow any custom (the situation is not desir-
able).

184 वास्तुमण्डनम्
भर्त्तादीपश्च भवने यत्र पश्यति मार्जनीम्।
अमार्जितानि भाण्डानि तत्रालक्ष्मीभयं सदा ॥८३॥
वेदशास्त्रविहीनं यन्नास्तिका क्रान्तमद्द्विजम्।
ऊर्णनाभादिलालाभिः कीर्णं संस्कारवर्जितम् ॥८४॥
स्त्रीजितं स्वामिहीनं च लिङ्गिभिः परिवारितम्।
श्लेष्मवातोच्छिष्टमलैः प्रलिप्तं गोरसादिभिः ॥८५॥
केशभस्मतुषाङ्गारप्रेतवृक्षैर्युतं गृहम्।
कपालास्थिसमाकीर्णं श्वापदैः परिपूरितम् ॥८६॥
मार्जारनकुलादीनां संघुष्टं कलहारवैः।
द्रव्याश्मकाष्ठैर्देवानां पूर्णं तद्विलयं व्रजेत् ॥८७॥
तस्माद्दोषान्परित्यज्य शुभं ग्राह्यं गृहादिषु ॥ ८८ ॥
अथ शुभानि-
सुमङ्गलकथोपेतं सुश्रद्धाह्याष्टरूपकम्।
वृषाजविषमध्वाज्य वीणाभरणचन्दनैः ॥८९॥
ताम्रपात्रहयादर्शस्वर्णैर्नित्यं समन्वितम्।
सदानुलिप्तं सन्ध्यासु गृहमम्बुसमुक्षितम् ॥९०॥
कृतपुष्पबलिं नित्यं सूर्यावेक्षितदीपकम्।
नित्याग्निसलिलं सूर्योद्दिष्टं ²⁹श्रेयं श्रियःप्रदम् ॥९१॥
यत्र देवपितृब्रह्माऽतिथिगुर्वर्चनं सदा।
मिथो मैत्रीबालवृद्धं बन्धुं स्वजनयोषिताम् ॥९२॥

२९. Omitted in BD

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 185
83. If the master of a house looks at the lamp as well as the brooms,
and the utensils are unwashed, there is always fear of loss of
property and affluence.
84. And (the house which is ) without the chanting of the Vedas,
which is infested by heretics, and devoid of Brahmins, full of
cobwebs and devoid of any rituals (is not praiseworthy).
85. A house which is controlled by the womenfolk and without a
master, full of persons belonging to other religious faiths, full of
mucous, rheum, and full of impure things and besmeared with
the urine of cows ( is not praiseworthy).
86. A house with hairs, ashes, smouldering fires, trees resided by
ghosts, full of skull and bones and full of wild beasts (is not
praiseworthy).
The house which resounds with cries of the quarrels of cats and
mongooses and where the substances, stones and wood forming
the idols are scattered, that house will shortly be destroyed.
87-88. So, one should discard the vices and include auspicious items in
the house.
Now the auspicious elements :
89-90. The house is to be full of holy discussions, which are of great
veneration and of pleasing character. It will be always adorned
with bulls, goats, water, honey, ghee, Viṇā (flute), ornaments, san-
dal wood, copper vessels, gold. The house will be always deco-
rated and sprinkled with water in the evening.
91. There should always be offering of flowers and the lamps will
face the Sun. Daily offering of fire and water dedicated to the Sun
is desirable and beneficial.
92. Where there will be daily worship of gods, manes (Pitṛ), Brahmā,
guests and preceptors and where there are good relations among
children and old people friends, relations and women.

186 वास्तुमण्डनम्
सुशीला योषितो योग्यं वयः शयनासनम्।
तिष्ठत्सु गुरुवृद्धेषु कनीयांसो न चासते ॥९३ ॥
यत्र पद्मो महापद्मौ सुरभिर्मोदकाशिनी।
वृषभैरावतौ ३०तद्वत्कल्यं ते धान्य३१सञ्चयः ॥९४॥
अशस्त्रा देवता यत्र सशस्त्राश्चहवं विना।
आश्वासनं विषण्णार्त्तदीनानां त्रस्तरोगिणाम् ॥९५ ॥
यत्र भूतदयादानं तपः शौचं तथोद्यमः।
बहुद्वाराणि न यत्र गृहे तत्र सुखं श्रियः ॥९६ ॥
इति श्री सूत्रधारमण्डनविरचिते ३२वास्तुशास्त्रे वास्तुमण्डने
दूषणभूषणाध्यायः सप्तमः श्लोकाः ९६ ॥

३०. omitted in B, D
३१. सेचयः in B
३२ वास्तुमण्डने वास्तुशास्त्रे in B, C, D, E,

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 187
93. Where the ladies are obedient, and where the seats and beds are
worthy of age. Where the juniors will not take their seats in the
presence of the preceptor and aged people.
94. Where lilies and lotuses are fragrant and pleasing, and where
there are bulls and elephants with proportionate storing of paddy.
95. Where there are Gods without weapons, and if decorated with
weapons it will be without battle. Where there is consolation for
the depressed, the distressed and the frightened having diseases.
96. Where there is compassion and charity for living beings and pen-
ance, purity and enterprise. Where there is not a multiplicity of
doors, in that house happiness and prosperity stay forever.
Here ends the 7th chapter titled Defects and Decorations, in
Vāstumaṇḍana, the Vāstuśāstra written by Maṇḍana Sūtradhāra.

अष्टमोऽध्यायः
[प्रकीर्णकाध्यायः]
गृहप्रकाराः
शाला तु शुद्धा सम्बद्धा संयुता च परिभ्रमाः ॥
छन्दभिन्ना प्रतिभिन्ना सम्पुटा च प्रतिक्रमाः ॥१ ॥
अलिन्दरहिता शाला शुद्धोक्ता केवला बुधैः ।
अग्रालिन्देन सहिता सम्बद्धा स्याद्दशान्तकम् ॥२ ॥
अलिन्दवेष्टिता बाह्ये शालाश्रेणिस्तु संयुताः ।
पृथगैकैकशालाया अलिन्दश्चान्तरे यदा ॥३ ॥
परिभ्रमा तदा ज्ञेया सर्वशान्तिकरी नृणाम् ।
छन्दभिन्नापवरके फलकेभित्तिकान्तरे ॥४ ॥
शालामध्ये तु षड्दारौ प्रतिभिन्ना सदोत्तमा ।
भित्तिमध्ये यदालिन्दास्तथा बाह्ये च सम्पुटा ॥५ ॥
पृथक्शालाग्र कपिलाद्यलिन्दाग्रे प्रतिक्रमा ।
गृहमाला गृहनाभिः गृहसंघट्ट एव च ॥६ ॥
गृहाणकश्च विज्ञेयं गृहभेदचतुष्टयम् ।
गृहमाला गृहैः कुक्षौ पृष्ठेऽग्रे पंक्तितः स्थितैः ॥७ ॥
दिग्विदिक्ष्वग्रतः पृष्ठे कुक्षौ संघट्ट ईरितः ।
नानाकारापवरकैः सालिन्दैर्गृहनाभिका ॥८ ॥

Chapter VIII
[Prakīrṇakādhyāyaḥ]
Now the varieties of the houses.
Śālā houses may be of eight types, they are Śuddhā, Sambaddhā,

1. Saṁyutā, Paribhramā, Chandabhinnā, Pratibhinnā, Sampuṭā and
   Pratikramā.
2. A Śālā house without any corridor is known as Śuddhā by the
   learned people. Sambaddhā type of Śālā is connected with the front
   corridor.
   3-4. When rows of Śālā houses are surrounded by corridors from
   outside - they are known as Saṁyutā. In each of the
   separate Śālā houses, if there are corridors in between they are
   known as Paribhramā. It bestows all sorts of peace to the human
   being. When the inner chamber is endowed with a slab in be-
   tween the partition wall, it is known as Chandabhinnā.
3. When a contrivance made of six logs of wood, is placed inside
   the Śālā (which is) beneficial at all times, it is known as Pratibhinnā.
   When the corridors are inside the wall, as well as outside, it is
   known as Sampuṭā.
   6-7a. In front of each separate Śālā, if there is a corridor designated as
   Kapilā and others then the Śālā is named as Pratikramā. There
   are four varieties of houses known as Gṛhamālā,
   Gṛhanābhi, Gṛhasaṁghaṭṭa and Gṛhāṇaka.
   7b. In the Gṛhamālā type of houses, there will be rows of rooms in
   the front, centre, as well as in the back.
4. The Saṁghaṭṭā variety of houses will have rooms on all sides, in
   the front, back and in the centre. Gṛhanābhi is known to have
   different sizes of inner apartments and corridors.

chā ch 69 v 13
Wait, let's look at the spelling of Aparājitāpṛcchā in footnote 2:
"Aparājitāpṛchhā" - look closely at "pṛchhā":
p, ṛ, c, h, h, ā or p, ṛ, c, h, ā?
Let's zoom in on: "Aparājitāpṛchhā"
A - p - a - r - ā - j - i - t - ā - p - ṛ - c - h - h - ā
Wait, is there a 'c'?
Look at 'pṛ': p with under-ring or cedilla, then 'chhā'?
Wait, it looks like: "Aparājitāpṛchhā" or "Aparājitāpṛcchā"?
There is: p - ṛ - c - h - h - ā ? No, wait, look at the letters after 'ṛ':
There is an italic 'c' or 'ch'?
Wait, the font is italic Times-like:
Aparājitāpṛchhã / Aparājitāpṛcchā:
It reads: "Aparājitāpṛchhā" or "Aparājitāpṛcchā"?
Let's look at the 'c': it has a curl at the top. Then 'h' with an ascender.

Ch. VIII – Prakīrṇakādhyāyaḥ 191
9-11. When construction of the ground level is wider than the upper
levels, then it is known as Gṛhāṇaka. A house with one door is
known as Veśma, (a house) with doors in the East and West is
known as Nilaya. (A house) with three doors is known as Karaṇa
and with four doors is known as Catura. Viśvakarmā and others
prescribe varieties of designs in the royal mansions - they
are Māḍa, Mauṇḍa, Śuddha, Śekhara, Tuṅgāra, Siṁhāvalokana. The
eves board of the Māḍa palace will be constructed at half of the
height and it will be adorned with bells and summits (Kūṭa) or a
square aedicule.
12. The central offset of the Mauḍa palace is like Māḍa and the middle
and lower parts will be adorned with peaks. Of all the sites, this
one is favourable, it should be unmixed and extended with four
pillared pavilions (Catuṣki).
13. Temples of the gods and others will be shaped like peaks and the
Chanda will be Śekhara. The Tuṅgāra, another Chanda of royal man-
sion, will be projected on the central offset on its body, which will
be multiplied by two. Siṁhāvlokana should be adorned
with Siṁhakaraṇa.
14. Maya Śālā houses are of the Vimāna type (7-storied) with Śikharas
(crests). Rooms on the top part will be close knit and these (Harmya)
will be of different shapes and sizes.
15-16. Mālikā is multi-storied and looks like a garland. If the two main
buildings of a Lāṅgala house are to the East and South or to the
East and North or to the West and North, this will bring about
the owner's death; if good fortune is desired, they have to be
placed to the South and the West. Building to the North, West,
and South brings fortune, and building to the East, South, and
West brings victory.

192 वास्तुमण्डनम्
दक्षिणे पश्चिमे हीनशालं सूर्पं तु दोषदम् ।
लाङ्गलं गणिकादीनां सूर्पमुग्रोपजीविनाम् ॥१७ ॥
लाङ्गले चैव सूर्पे च पृथक्शालासु सर्वदा ।
शालाविरहितस्थाने कुड्यद्वारं प्रयोजयेत् ॥१८ ॥
८द्वारशोभा द्वारशाला द्वारप्रासादहर्म्यके ।
द्वारगोपुरमियेवं पञ्चभेदं हि गोपुरम् ॥१९ ॥
९अथ श्रीधरादिप्रासादाः ॥
एकभागश्चतुःस्तम्भश्चतुर्द्वारः सजालकः ।
छाद्यघण्टायुतो माडशोभितःश्रीधरो मतः ॥२० ॥
पञ्चयुग्मकरे क्षेत्रे सार्धत्रिंशद्विभाजिते ।
मध्ये नवपदं कार्यं भागार्धं भित्तिकाद्वयम् ॥२१ ॥
मध्यं तु षोडशस्तम्भं स माडं पञ्चभूमिकम् ।
भद्रं सार्धं द्विभूमं स्याच्चतुःस्तम्भं च भागिकम् ॥२२ ॥
चतुर्दिक्षुश्चतुर्द्वारः प्रतापवर्धनः शुभः ।
तत्र त्र्यंशायतं भद्रं मुखभद्रं च भागतः ॥२३ ॥
प्रतिभद्रं दशस्तम्भाः षट्शरा मध्यबाह्यगाः ।
भद्रे माडं द्विभूम्योर्ध्वे गृहे पञ्चतलोर्ध्वतः ॥२४ ॥
८. Similar verse in Mayamatam ch 24 v.11
९. Mss DE write following verses :-
श्रीधरश्चैव प्रासादः प्रतापवर्द्धनः परः ।
लक्ष्मीनिवाससंज्ञश्च श्रीनिवासश्चतुर्थकः ॥
क्षोणिभूषणनामानो पृथ्वीजयश्च षष्टमः ।
षट्ष्वेतेषु च प्रासादे श्रेष्ठः स्यादुत्तरोत्तरः ॥

Ch. VIII – Prakīrṇakādhyāyaḥ 193
17. The Sūrppa type of houses without Śālā (main building or hall) to
the South and West, cause misfortune. The Lāṅgala type of houses
are suitable for courtesans and people of that ilk. Sūrppa houses
are for cruel avocations (Ugropojīvinām),
18. In Lāṅgala and sūrppa type of houses and in all those with only
one main building, a wall with a door must be disposed so as to
border them where there is no main buildings.
19. Dvāraśobhā, Dvāraśālā, Dvāraprāsāda, Harmya, and Dvāragopura–
these are five respective divisions of gateways (Gopuras).
Now the Śrīdhara and other palaces
20. The Śrīdhara type of palace is known with one section having four
pillars and four latticed doors and it is adorned with bells hang-
ing from the roof. It belongs to the Māḍa variety.
21. In a land measuring 25 hands (lengthwise) and 15 hands ( in
breadth), 9 Padas should be kept reserved in the centre and two
walls will be erected on the half segment.
22. That Māḍa type of palace will be five-storeyed and the central part
consists of sixteen pillars. The Bhadra will be constructed on the
second half storey and in a part there will be four pillars.
23. Pratāpavardhana is auspicious with four doors in the four direc-
tions. There the portico will be 1/3rd in breadth and the central
offset will be from another part.
24 Pratibhadra¹ consists of ten pillars and there will be 6 pillars at
the centre and 5 in the outer part. In the Bhadra (central offset in
the plan) Māḍa will be constructed above the second storey and
in the (other type of) house it will be above the fifth storey.

1. Pratibhadra:– Sub-division in plan 8 elevation, adjoining the Bhadra

194 वास्तुमण्डनम्
लक्ष्मीविलासः प्रासादो नृपाणां तनुते श्रियम्।
क्षेत्रैशैः पञ्चविंशत्या स्तम्भैः षट्त्रिंशतायुते ॥२५॥
दशमांशसमा भित्तिः चतुर्द्वारं प्रकारयेत्।
भद्रं नवांशमेकांशः मुखभद्रत्रयान्वितम् ॥२६॥
सार्धं त्रिभूमिकं सर्वे स्तम्भाजिनयुतं शतम्।
माडो त्रिपञ्चभूम्यर्थे श्रीनिवासः श्रियःप्रदम् ॥२७॥
अष्टाष्टभक्ते क्षेत्रे तु गर्भः स्यात् सप्तभागिकः।
भित्तिरर्धांशकामध्ये चतुःषष्टिधरान्वितः ॥२८॥
चतुर्द्वारोऽत्र भद्रं तु पञ्चविंशतिभागिकम्।
भद्रे त्र्यैकांशकं तत्र प्रतिभद्रत्रयं न्यसेत् ॥२९॥
भद्रे स्तम्भाश्चतुः पञ्च सर्वेऽशीत्या शतद्वयम्।
भद्रे माडं त्रिभूम्योर्ध्वं गृहे षड्भूमिकोपरि ॥३०॥
१०•क्षीणीभूषणसंज्ञोपमा वासो भोगसौख्यदः।
क्षेत्रे तु दशभिर्भक्ते द्वे भित्ती भागमानतः ॥३१॥
शतस्तम्भं युतं मध्यं सार्धसप्ततान्वितम्।
सप्तपञ्चत्र्येकभागे भद्रेऽष्टाविंशतिर्धराः ॥३२॥
सार्धं त्रिभूमे सर्वत्र स्तम्भाः ११•सार्धशतद्वयम्।
पृथ्वीजयोऽयं प्रासादो राज्ञो सुखजयप्रदम् ॥३३॥
पञ्चविंशतिहस्तादेरष्टोत्तरशतावधिः।
प्रतापवर्द्धनादीस्तु यथायोग्यं प्रकारयेत् ॥३४॥

१०. क्षीणी in B
११. सार्कं in B

Ch. VIII – Prakīrṇakādhyāyaḥ 195
25. The Lakṣmīvilāsa type of palace is conducive to the prosperity of
a King. Here, 25 parts of the land will have 36 pillars.
26. The wall will be equal to the 1/10ᵗʰ part and four doors are to be
erected. The Bhadra will have nine parts out of which one part
will contain three Mukhabhadras.
27. The Śrī-nivāsa brings prosperity if it is three and half storeyed
with 124 pillars. There Māḍa will be constructed on the 3ʳᵈ and
5ᵗʰ storeys.
29. If the land is divided into 64 parts (8x8), the foundation will be
on the 7ᵗʰ segment. The wall/partition will come within the half
of the sixty four scale. There will be four doors and the Bhadra will
be on the 25ᵗʰ part. The Bhadra (central offset) will be divided
into three units and in one unit three Pratibhadras will be
raised. 28-
30. In a Bhadra (central offset) the number of the pillars can be 4, 5,
and in total from 80 to 200. In a Bhadra, the Māḍa will be above
the third storey and in a house it will be above the sixth storey.
31-33. The Kṣīṇobhūṣaṇa type of residence is conducive to enjoyment and
prosperity. If the total area of the land is divided by 10 (10x10)²,
two walls are to be measured accordingly. The middle portion will
contain 100 pillars and it will be 7¹/₂ storeyed. In the 7th, 5th,
3rd, and in the 1st part of the Bhadra, there will be 28 scales. In
all cases of 3¹/₂ storeyed buildings, there will be 52 pillars. So,
the Pṛthvījaya type of palace will augur victory for the King.
34. According to the prescribed manner Pratāpavardhana and others
are to be constructed from 25 hands up to 108 hands.

2. It will be 100 square Padavinyāsa which is found in Rājavallabhamaṇḍana also.