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Sotsedha-randhra-prākāraṁ sarvataḥ khātakāvṛitam ।
Ruchaka(ḥ)-pratika-dvāraṁ kumārī-puraṁ eva cha ॥
Dvi-hastaḥ srotasā śreshṭhaṁ kumārī-puraṁ añchatām ।
Hasta-śato daśa-śreshṭho navahasto'shṭa eva cha ॥
(Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa, part I, 2nd anusaṅga-pāda, chap. 7, v, 103, 104).
Prākāra-madhye kṛitvā vāpīṁ pushkariṇīṁ dvāraṁ chatuś-śālāṁ adhyardhāntarānikaṁ kumārī-puraṁ muṇḍa-harmyaṁ dvi-talaṁ muṇḍaka-dvāraṁ bhūmi-dravya-vaśena vā tribhāgādhikāyāmāḥ bhāṇḍa-vāhinī(ḥ)-kulyāḥ kārayet ।
(Kauṭilīya-Arthaśāstra, xxiv. 54, see translation under Chūli-harmya).
Cites (2)
- Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit