Mayamatam 1.3

1.3

ādau vastuprakāraṃ ca bhūparīkṣāparigraham
mānopakaraṇaṃ caivaśaṅkusthāpanamārgakam

first the varieties of dwelling sites, soil testing and taking possession [of the land], / the instruments of measurement, and the method of setting up the gnomon;