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51-53. The *Sakala* (plan) of a single plot should be bounded by four cords; of these the eastern cord is assigned to Āditya (the Sun), the southern one to Yama (God of death), the western one to Varuṇa (or Jaleśa, the God of water) and the northern one to Chandra (or Kshapāhara, the remover of darkness, i.e., the Moon).