Vacaspatya 22.12.18

22.12.18

myanukramāt | caturasraṃ yonirarddhacandra' tvatryasraṃ varttulam
ṣaḍasraṃ padmamākāramaṣṭāsramnāni nāmataḥ | ācāvyai kuṇḍa'madhye syādgauraupatirmahendrayoriti” siddhāntaśekhare “purandareśayormadhye vṛttaṃ vā caturasrakam | tadācāryyaṃ viniddiṭamiti” aṣṭasusamaḥ pakṣaḥ | atha pañcakuṇḍe prakuṇḍaniveśanaṃ yathā “āgneyakuṇḍairahitaṃ pañcakuṇḍī caikaṃ
yadā paścimottayene | vedāḥ sapādena kareṇa yaddā pādāntareṇākhilakuṇḍasaṃsthā” ādyā-dikṣu tatra kuṇḍāni
caturasravṛttāī hattapadmāni aiśadiśi kuṇḍa' caturasraṃ vṛttaṃ
vā taiḥ pañcakuṇḍoniveśanaṃ syāt yadā caikameva kuṇḍaṃ
tadā paścime uttare vā aiśānyāṃ vā syāt parantu caturasraṃ,
vedyāḥ saptāśāstviti sarvāṇi kuṇḍāni saptāṃśena kareśa
triryyaṅgulāmtareṇa vā pādāntareṇa dvādaśāṅguḷāntareṇa
vā vedīpādāntareṇa vedyāścaturthāṃśena vā madhyame navakoṣṭe
ate'ṣṭasu bhāgeṣu madhye bhavatīti vyākhyā" nāradīye 'yatnopadiśyate kuṇḍamaṣṭakaṃ tatra karmmaṇi | vedyanuktau candvaṃ
kuṇḍaṃ śastamidaṃ tathā' | yataḥ kuṇḍapakṣe khātānāmajītayukta nāradīye "pīṭhavadvartta yetkuṇḍaṃ samantāñcaturasrakam
kuryyāt kuṇḍāni catvāri prācyādiṣu vicakṣaṇaḥ | maṇḍapaṃ
kārayet kuṇḍa nīyadviksaptocaraṃ dvijoti' ayaṃ madhyamaḥ pakṣaḥ
kaiśvitpūvvòmathoriti likhitamtadan‌ boddhavyamyau "evaṃ
vā śivakāṣṭhāyāṃ pratīcyāṅkārayennṛpaḥ "ācāryo api
"athavā diśi kuṇḍamuttarasyāṃ bhavidadhyānnararatnamekameva" iyaṃ