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Index-Glossary
A
Abdhi - Number seven, 3.49; 8.89
Adri - Mountain, Number seven ; 4.48
Agnau - South east corner, 5.3
Akrama - want of order, confusion, not happening successively,
7.69
Alinda - Balabhī in front of the śālā, gallery, portico, veranda,
aisle, 4.8, 24, 29; 8.2 3, 5,6,8
Ambara - Circumference, sky, 5.14
Aṅganam - courtyard, 5.3
Aṅgulam - Finger, 1.174, 175, 176, 184, 188, 190
Aṅka - Number nine, 4.24; 8.53
Annālaya - Principal main building in catuśśālā meant for kṣatriya
(Mayamatm), 4.35
Antarapatraka - Inner leaves, 8.55
Antarvaṁśika - Keeper of the seraglia, 5.24
Anuvaṁśa - Geneological list or table, collateral branch of a family,
7.69
Aṣṭapatra - Eight leaved, 3.31
Aṣṭāstra - Eight cornered, 3.31
Aṣṭaśālā - A house with combination of 1-4 śālās, 6.32
Aṣṭavarga - eight divisions, 4.13
Apakrāma - To go away, retreat, glide away, 4.101
Apasavya - Not to the left, on the right side, from right to left,
moving to the left, 4.68

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Apavarka – Small structure i.e., catuskudya, an inner apartment,
lying in chamber, Koṣṭhaka, 6.3, 49, 51, 53, 56;
8.4, 8
Arka – Sun, Number twelve, 2.64, 4.44, 97; 8.75
Arkahasta – Twelve hands, 3.41
Aśasta – Inauspicious, 7.11
Aśma/Aśmarī – Strangury, stone or gravel, 3.69
Avāk – South, 8.15, 16
Āgama – A tradition doctrine, or precept, sacred knowledge
of learning, 4.17
Āgāra – Building edifice, 5.14
Āgneya – Southeast, 7.27
Agniyantra – firearms, 3.39, 69
Ākāra – Shape, 4.10
Āmalasāraka – crowning part of a temple, 7.6
Āmnāya – Sacred law or tradition, 4.15
Āpya/Āpa – West, 5.13
Ārāma – Pleasure garden, 1.4, 3.91
Āsana – seat, 4.30, 47, 49; 7.93, 72; 8.47, 82
Āsthāna – Place, site, ground, an assembly, 5.3
Āsya – Face, 5.11
Āya – Āyādiṣaḍvarga, āya, vyaya, ṛkṣa, tārā, yoni, aṁśa, 2.1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 23, 24, 28, 30, 42, 43
Āyāma – Length, 3.17, 60, 74; 4.6; 8.43, 64, 77
Āyata – stretched, length, 4.18, 21, 23; 8.74, 79
B
Bha – Nakṣatra, 8.90
Bhadrā¹ – Auspicious quaters, south; Tithi Dvitīyā Saptamī,
Dvāsamī), 1.68
Bhadrā² – Projected moulding forepart, a type of building, 8.22,

Index-Glossary 241
23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 32, 45, 48, 53
Bhadrā - (for Kuṇḍa) a square water reservoir, 3.89
Bhīṣaṇa - Dreadful, frighful, terrible, 7.11, 13
Bhalla - A kind of arrow or missle, 3.69
Bhāṇḍāgāra - Store house, 5.13
Bhaṭa - Warrior, 3.16
Bharaṇa - Supporting components A kapāṭa also called bharaṇa,
inner court, Entrance, porch, 4.82, 87, 90; 7.18
Bhauma - Tuesday, the plantt Mars, 1.6, 7, 20, 32, 35
Bhavana - house, 3.20, 33; 4.12, 123
Bhramaṇa - Circumabulatory, 4.60
Bhūmikā - Floor of a house, site, a storey, space between two
adjecenct floors 4.63
Bheṣajālayam - Room for medicine, 5.8
Bheṣaja - medicine, medicament, 3.82
Bhitti - wall, 4.7, 41, 42, 48, 75, 88, 89, 90, 92; 7.63;
8.21, 26, 31
Bhojanamandiram - Dining room, 5.4
Brahmasthāna - Central part of the square, ground plan. 4.128
C
Caitya - A place for religious worship, A Buddhist temple,
4.107
Cakravellanī - Round disc, 3.53, 54
Cāmara - Chowrie, 8.73
Catuṣkara - Square or quadrangular, 4.72
Catuṣki - Four pillared porch or pavillion, 8.12
Catura - A house with forur doors, 8.10
Caturastra - Four corners of square, 8.64
Catuśśālā - Four halled house 4.28, 29; 6.14

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Catvara – Courtyard, 3.13, 14
Chādya – Parapet, 7.11; 8.56, 62, 63, 65, 68
Chanda – An arrangement, disposition, 7.4
Chatra – Umbrella, 8.72
D
Dīpālaya – Room for lamps, 4.85
Dīpāmnāya – Sacred tradition of lighting lamps, 4.15
Dīpastambha – Lampstand, 8.76
Dīrghikā – Long lake, 5.10
Dīrghikāsthāna – Place for a long lake or tank, 5.5
Daṇḍa – Stick, rod, 8.71, 72, 73
Dairghya – Length, 3.47, 48, 52, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 70, 77;
8.52, 53, 77, 79, 84
Dakṣa – Right side, 3.55, 63, 93; 8.65
Dakṣiṇa – South, 3.28, 29; 5.8, 11; 8.17
Dara – Cave, hall in the ground, 4.71
Dāru – Wood, 8.82
Daśaśālā – A house with combination of one to four śālās, 4.19
Davālīḍha – Wood burnt by fire, 3.108
Devadoṣa – Providential disturbance, 7.29
Devagṛha – Abode of gods, temple, 3.2
Dhanālaya – treasury, 4.35
Dhanurdhara – archer, 3.6
Dharā – Scale, 3.66; 8.28, 32
Dhārāgṛha – a bathroom with flowing water, shower bath, 3.94
Dhvaja – Flag, 4.70
Dikśālā – A house with ten halls, 4.20
Dṛḍha – Strong, sturdy, 4.10

Index-Glossary 243
Druma - Tree, 3.94
Duṣṭa - Damaged, defective, corrupted, worthless, 7.11
Durga - Fort, 3.1, 2, 5, 6, 20, 22, 31, 36; 4.34
Dvīpī - Leopard, panther, 7.15
Dvāra - Door, 3.90; 4.40, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 54
Dvārapaṭṭa - Panel of a door, 3.71
Dviśālā - A house with two halls, 4.60, 72, 73, 75, 77; 6.99,
100, 101
E
Ekaśālā - A house with one hall, 4.44, 59
G
Ga - Mercury, 1.27
Gaṇādhipa - Gaṇeśa, 3.27
Gaireyam - Bitumen, 3.82
Gandha - Sulphur, 3.81, 82
Gaḍha - Ditch, moat, impediment, 3.22; 4.34; 6.34
Garbha - the foundation, the adytum, 4.39; 8.28
Garbhādhāna - Sanctum, foundation deposit, 7.34
Gaurīyantra - A type of weapon, 3.62
Gavākṣa - Latticed window, 4.31, 59, 73; 8.61, 66
Ghaṇṭā - Bell, 8.59
Ghaṭīyantra - The bucket of a well or any machine for raising
water, 3.94
Gṛdhra - Vulture, 7.11
Gṛha, Geha - House, 3.15, 23, 26, 93, 4.1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 47,
53, 94, 107, 116
Gola - Small ball, 3.73, 74
Gophaṇā - Stone or dart thrower, 3.47
Gopura - Gateway of temple, town, palace, 3.33; 5.11; 8.19

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Grāma – Village, 3.26, 33, 34, 35, 7.1
Grăsapaṭṭī – Metal base, Fillet, clasp, socket, clutch, 8.55, 57
Guhyaka – Demon, 4.101
Guṇāṅgulā – Three aṅgulas, 7.8; 8.69
H
Hīra – An architectural ornament employed below the neck
of the column, bead. A Moulding of the column, 4.85
Haṭṭa – Market place, 3.14, 33
Haṭṭamārga – Market road, 3.19, 20
Hasta – Hand measurement 24 aṅgulas, the bigger standard
than aṅgula, 3.9, 10, 52, 54, 60, 61, 90; 8.50, 76
Havyavāhā – Fire, 3.76, 83
Haya – House number 7, 8.37, 56, 66
I
Īśa – Northeast, 3.25, 27; 5.1, 5; 7.29; 8.37, 51
Īśāna – Northeast, 4.106
Indrajāla – Magical tricks, cheating, deception, 7.13
Iṣu – arrow, numberfive, 3.50
J
Jīva -. Jupiter, 1.27
Jalagṛha – Room for water storage, 5.4
Jālaka – Latticed window, 8.65, 67
Jalapaṭṭi – Waterband, 8.69
Jalāśaya – Water reservoir, 3.20, 33
Jaṁbuka – Jackle, 7.15
Jāḍyakumbha – ?? 8.54
Jayantī – A column, a post moulding, flag or banner, 4.86
Jina – Arhat of the Jainas No. 24., no. 10. According to
Rūpamaṇḍana, 4.23

Index-Glossary 245
Jyotikā - Fire container, 3.56
K
Kīrtistambha - Pillars of fame, 3.33
Kaṇapālī - ??, 8.55
Kalā - Denotes number 64, 16 or 2 (1/16th part of a
thing, unit of measurement of angle), 2.33; 3.29,
48; 4.42, 78
Kāla, Kīlaka, Kīlikī- A stake, pin, nail, 1.46; 3.50, 51, 53
Kalāṅgulas - 2 aṅgulas, 3.44, 47
Kalaśa - Pitcher, 7.3; 8.59, 76
Kalpa - A-day and night of Brahma, a period of 432
millions years of mortals, 1.137
Kaṁvikā - shoot, branch, 1.112 (measuring point)
kanda - A lump, knot, 8.54, 58
kandogrāsavatī - Bulbous shape, 8.58
kaṅka - Heron, 7.11
Kaṭaka - Serpent, 3.70
Kapāṭa - The leaf or panel of a door 3.13; 4.64, 65
Kapi - Monkey, 7.11
Kapiśīrṣa - Battlement, upper part or coping of a wall, 3.8, 10;
8.36
Kapota - Pigeon, 7.11
Kapotālī - cornice, rail cornices or overhanging cornice, 7.5;
8.36
Kara - Regular cubit; hasta, 3.52; 8.44, 51, 76
Karaṇa - A house with three doors, 8.9
Karāla - Dreadful, frightful, 7.12
Karṇa - Corner projecting part, corner, angle, corner division
of plan and elevation, 7.2, 5; 8.55
Karvaṭa - It is half the size of kuṭa and exactly similar to a

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kheṭa and is also defended with a girdle of wall and
located in the countryside. According to Kauṭilya it
is situated in the certre of 200 villges, 4.7, 12
Khalūrikā – Parade place for military enclosure, 5.23
Khaṭaki – A side door, window, 3.16
Khara – Ass, mule, 7.16
Kheṭaka – A village, small town or hamlet. It is a small town
situated on the plain near a river or in the forest by
the side of hillocks and with mud wall. Its main
population consists of śūdras or labour class, 3.34;
8.29
Khuraka – Heel, legs, 8.58
Krīḍāsthāna – Playground, 3.94
Kravya – carnivorous/Kravyādaya – Comprises the lion, tiger,
wild dog class. They are also termed as vyala, 7.14
Koṭa – Fort, 4.7, 12
Koṭaram – The hollow of a tree, 4.107
Koṣṭha – Elongated aedicula (an entablature) nice, equivalent
to śālā an attic room,
Koṣṭhaka – granary, a surrounding wall, 3.8; 4.45
Kovida – Learned, wise person, 4.17
Kṣaṇa – Designation, 6.99
Kṣaṇamukha – Towards the centre, 6.20
Kṣetraphala – The area of a land, 2.76
Kūṭa – Any prominence of projection, summit peak, corner,
3.83; 5.1 1
Kūṭa¹ – Small town, half of kheṭa, type of town, 3.53
Kūpa – Small well, an well with its mechanism of water wheels,
3.24, 83, 87; 4.70
Kuṇḍa – A pool, 3.89
Kuja – Mercury, 2.3

Index-Glossary 247
Kukṣidanta - Middle pin, 7.24
Kukṣidvāra - Central door, 7.23
Kulāla - A potter, 2.21
Kumbha - A pitcher, 7.1, 2; 8.76
Kumbhī - Base of a column, water jar, a moulding plinth, 4.49,
52, 83
Kumbhikā/Kumbhaka - The base of a column a moulding, plinth, 4.82,
84
Kuṭṭima - Base, 4.98
Kuḍya - Wall, 7.35
Kuḍyadvāra - An wall with door, 8.18
L
Latā - Creeper, 3.94
Lubdhaka - Hunter, 3.25
Lumbikā, Lambikā- Is it wire grill? 8.61
Lupā/Lumā - Rafter, continued pent roof, Lupa is a small plank
which is added on the part or in between Gavākṣa
says Viśvakarmā Vāstuśāstra, 8.40
Maddhya bhiṭṭa - partition wall, 3.89, 90
Mātrāṅgula - A measure equal to the middle digit of the middle
finger in the right hand of the architect or priest,
employed in measuring the sacrificial objects like
the kuśa grass or seat, 1.174
Mattavāraṇa - Projecting wall of a palace, a small gate type found
in the Nāṭyasastra, parapet, witness gate, 4.30, 81;
8.56, 65
Mukha - Front, facade, gable the triangular part of a wall at
the end of a ridged roof. The face of a building,
3.71, 73, 78
Mukhabhadra - A portico, a porch the middle niche, the front room
corresponding to modern drawing room or reception
hall, staircase room, 8.23

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Mukhapaṭṭī – gable, pediment, 8.70
Mūla – bottom, base, 3.72
Marma – Vital parts of the ground plan, 4.74
Maṇi – Gems, 8.75
Māna – The measurement of height or length, 3.54; 4.25;
8.83
Muśala – A type of yoga, 1.9
Markaṭī – a type of ear weapon, 3.43, 45, 49, 63, 65
Manohara – Pleasing, attractive, 4.10
Mahānasa – Kitchen, 4.34, 53, 57
Manvaṅgula – 14 aṅgulas, 3.60; 4.47
Mukhyagṛha – Main Building, 5.6, 13
Maṇḍapa – pavillion, covered gallery, portico, 4.26, 29; 5.12;
8.44, 45, 46
Mandira – dwelling house temple, 4.5, 16, 17, 79
Mithyākṛtāni – falsify, contradictory, 7.13
Māyā – Illusion witchcraft, phantom, 7.14
Mārjāra – Cat, 7.15
Māḍa – Raised balcony white washed upper storeyed house,
8.20, 22, 24, 27; 30, 59
Madalā – Sloping roof, 8.40
Manu – Here it denoteds no. 14, 3.9
Mārga – Street, Corridoor, 3.18, 22, 23, 35
N
Nāga – Serpents, number eight, 8.57
Nāgadanta – Any overhanging member projecting from a wall or
other body to support a weight, a peg or bracket,
4.49, 49, 50, 73; 7.16, 48
Nagara – town, city, 3.1 1, 28, 33
Naiṛta – Southeast, 3.25, 27, 30

Index-Glossary 249
Nāka – Heave, 3.92
Nāla – Tube, 3.69, 72, 73
Nandā – A title, number nine. pratipadā, ṣaṣṭhī, ekādaśī these
three are known as Nandā
Nāḍi – Chord, 2.74
Narālaya – human abode, 4.122
Nilaya – A house with two doors on east and west, 7.9
Nindita – Prohibited, forbidden, 7.10
Nirvāṇaṅgāra cūrṇakam – burnt coal dust, 3.79
Niryūha – Cross circle, a small tower, a large pin or bracket
projecting from wall, 8.39, 40
Nṛtyaśālā – dancing hall, 5.4
P
Pāda – Foot, quarter, fourth part, 8.79
Padāṁśa – a quarter, 3.12
Pādavyāsa – 1/4th of the breadth or diameter, 8.77
Pīṭha – A seat, pedestal, 8.76
Pañcaśālā – a house with combination of 1 to 4 śālās, 4.29
Pañjara – A cage, 3.48, 50, 51, 60
Pāṣaṇḍī – Buddha, Jaina heretics, 7.9
Paṭṭa/Bhūmikā – The floor of a house, a spot, site or storey, rectangular
fillet
Paṭṭaśālā – a religious establishment, lobby hall, 3.27, 28
Paṭṭī – Strap, band, 3.5
Parigha – big door bolt used in great gates of the towns and
their gopuras, Crossbars fasten the door, a beam,
metal bolts. For kumdas abode of bakas i.e., doves,
3.89
Parikhā – Moat, 5.11
Parivṛtti – change, alteration, 7.58

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Paryaye – deviation from customery observances, 4.68
Paścima – West, 5.5, 6, 7, 9; 8.17
Pūrva – East, 4.106
Phalaka – Plank, part of a column or a moulding, 4.22, 56;
7.4
Piṇḍa – Bodily frame, perimeter of a thing joined main
buildings (Ref. house), 3.10, 44, 45, 53; 4.64, 65;
8.69, 70, 78
Pṛthu – broad, wide, 3.49; 8.84
Pitṛtarpiṇī – The part of the hand between forefinger and thumb,
8.83
Piśāca – Goblin, 7.14
Prācī – East, 2.24, 25; 3.24; 5.1
Pradakṣiṇā – circumambulation, walking round a person or idol
with the right side kept towards it as a reverential
salutation, 8.80
Prahara – A period of roughly three hours, 1.57
Praṇāla – water channel, drainage system, 4.70, 93
Prāk – East, 5.7; 8.25
Prākāra – Rampart, enclosure of a temple, town or palace, 3.6,
7, 8, 33, 74; 4.75; 5.11
Prakāśa – appearnce, 4.28
Prakṛti – Nature but here it means no. 21, 4.79
Pramāṇa – Dimension, 4.7
Prāsāda – Palace, 3.20, 33; 4.47, 70, 107
Prasravaṇa – Spring or fountain, 4.70
Prastāra – A chhanda which is used here to build various types
of houses according to laghu(alinda) guru(wall), 6.102,
119
Pratibhadra – type of scale, plain, low rectangular block for
supporting statue vasu etc., 3.89; 8.24

Index-Glossary 251
Pratikāya – One of the main entrance, 4.36
Pratimā – idol, 4.70, 8.75
Pratirūpaka – corresponding picture, 7.10
Pratoli – Main entrance, a gateway sometimes provided with
flight of steps, a small turret, the mainroad of a
town, 3.16, 4.61, 62
Pratyak – West, 5.11, 8.15, 16
Pravāla – coral, 8.75
Priyamukha – A type of Gavākṣa with 8 lumbis, 8.62
Pura – City, type of a town, 3.15, 26, 34, 35, 40, 63, 74;
4.33; 5.1, 57, 59
R
Racanā – Arrangement, 4.63
Rītimayī – Brass or bell metal, 3.69
Rājagṛha – King's palace, 3.14; 5.10
Rājamandira – Kings palace, 5.9
Rājamārga – A royal or main road, 4.75
Rājaveśma – Royal palace, 4.37; 7.10
Rāmahasta – Three hands, 8.76
Raṅgabhūphalaka – the stage, play house, 4.22
Rasa – here it denotes no six, 4.31; 8.56
Rathyā – A road for carriages, a highway, ; a place where
many roads meet, 3.70
Raudra – Violent, fierce, 7.11'
Rudra – no eleven, 4.35
Rudrakara – eleven hands, 3.41
Rujāyutam – Diseased tree, 4.110
S
Śakra – Indra, number four, 8.86

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Śālā – A hall, elongated house, 3.90; 4.44, 53, 88, 91,
97; 8.1, 2, 5, 6
Śara – Arrow, no. 5, 8.53
Śayanam – Bed, 4.47; 7.93
Śṛṅgāṭa – Where four roads meet, 4.70
Śilājatu – Bitumen, 3.80
Śiva – A vāstudeva, Iśa, number eleven, 4.31; 8.56
Śmaśāna – Crematorium, 4.107
Ṣaṭdāru – Wooden frame, made out of six pieces of woods,
generally used for floor, 4.44, 47, 51; 6.103; 7.5
Sabhā – Hall, square, outward roo, 5.13
Savya – Left, 4.36
Sadma – A house, a temple, 4.69
Sambhrama – Agitation, confusion, 7.1
Saṁgrāmayantra – War Machinery, 3.16
Saṁkīrṇa – Mixed, 4.66
Saṁvaraṇa – Rampart, construction of a belled stepped roof for
the halls, 8.35
Saṁvardhana – Extension, 7.58
saṁvarta – A kind of yoga, 1.18
Sarit – A river, 4.108
Satantrika – Extended, 4.83
Saumyāyana (Uttarāyaṇa) – winter solstar to summar solstar, the period i.e.,
23rd Dec. to 23rd June, 8.87
Siṁhāsana – Royal throne, 8.52, 53
Soumya – North, 4.106; 5.9
Soumyaśālā – A hall without having a hall in he north, 6.115
Stambha – Column, 3.52, 61, 62, 65; 4.40, 84, 86, 87, 128;
7.1, 2, 4, 6, 8; 8.24, 25, 27, 30, 32, 33, 44, 59
Stambhakābali – Row or group of pillars, 4.88

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Stambhapaṭṭa – Plinth of the column, 4.75, 88
Sura – Devas, 3.92
Surālayam – Temple, 5.5, 16
T
Takṣaka – Carpenter, 8.101
Tanikā – Cord, 3.56
Tantrika – extended, 4.85
Tapasvī – Ascetic, 7.14
Tārā – star, 3.83
Tarakṣu – Hyena, 7.15
Tithi – Lunar day, 4.32, 79; 5.31; 8.56
Tithihasta – 15 aṅgulas, 3.61
Toraṇa – Gate, 8.59, 60
Toyāśaya – Water reservoir, 3.94
Tripuṭa – Triangular, Three fold, a measure fo length, 4.62
Triśālā – A house with three halls, 4.30, 6.102, 103, 114,
115, 117
Trivarga – Three qualities of nature – Dharma, Artha and Kāma,
4.1
Tulā – Scale, beam, architrave, 4.49, 54, 71, 83; 7.34
Tulāstambha – Scale, beam of a balance, 7.16
Tulāśreṇi – A row of beam, 4.88
U
Ucca – Height, 8.79
Uccāṭa – ruin, causing to quit his occupation by means of
magical incarnation, 1.177
Udak – South, 5.11; 8.88
Uddyāna – Garden, 3.33; 5.5, 10
Udumvara – Lintel, door sill, the lintel under which the door is
placed, 4.49, 83

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Udvasa – Uninhabited empty, solitude, 8.88
Unnata – Height, 3.3; 8.52, 53, 74
Upadvāra – Secondary door, 4.56
Ūrdhvavellanī – Upper disc., 3.53, 55
Utkaraṭa – Anything dug out, a pilestack, 3.71
Utpala – a broad knife or lancet, a nail print, emaciated, 3.52
Utsaṅga – the roof of a house, vault, 4.63
Utsedha – Elevation, the height of a building is stated to be
measured from the basement to the top of the dome,
4.30, 81, 84, 8.7
Uttara – North, 3.24, 28
V
Vahni – Fire, Southeast, 3.25, 27
Vahniyantra – fire arms, 3.75
Vajrapaṭṭa – A club fillet,
Vana – Forest, 3.84
Vāṭabhitta – enclosure wall, 4.26
Vāpī – Tank, stepped well, 3.24, 4.70, 110
Varāha – Boar, 7.15
Varaṇḍī – A rampart separating two combatant elephants. A
divisio within the boarder or cubical portio of the
temple, 4.82
Vāruṇya – West, 3.24
Vāstu – Site of a house, 3.3, 4.110
Vāstukṣetra – Area of a land, 4.18
Vasu (Aṣṭavasu) – Here it denotes number eight, 2.66; 3.10; 8.49,
53
Vasygasta – 8 hands, 3.47
Vāyu – Air, North west corner, 3.25, 5.5
Veda – It denotes No. 4 here, 3.11