Mayamatam 9.61

9.61

grāmādayo'pi nadyā dakṣiṇatīre tadanvitāyāmāḥ
navanavavasuvasubhāge madhye brāhmaṃ tataḥ paraṃ daivam

Villages and the like are aligned with their lengths on the southern bank of a river. / Dividing into nine by nine or eight by eight plots: in the center is the Brahmā zone, and beyond that the divine;