Town Planning in Ancient India c11.51

c11.51

¹ Both the varieties of sub-towns thrown out by a principal town, viz, the Dāmaḍa and the Vāhirikā, were also known as Śākhā-nagara (literally branch-town). The Śavdakalpadruma gives the following definition of this subsidiary town: “The town which is constructed in the vicinity or the outskirts of the main city, to accommodate its overflow population, is termed branch-town (Śākhā-nagara) from analogy with the branch of a tree.” मूलनगरऽसम्भितस्य जनौघस्य स्थानाय मूलनगरस्य समीपे वङ्गे वा यदन्यत् पुरं नगरान्तरं क्रियते तत् शाखानगरं मूलनगरस्य तरुस्थानीयस्य शाखिव । अभिविन्द- रमणमप्य । स्यादभिविन्दिरमणं शाखानगरमित्यपि । इति विकाण्डशेषः । इति तट्टीकाया भरतः ॥ अपि च । आरभ्य मूलनगरादपरं हि यत् । तदभिविन्द- रमणं शाखानगरमित्यपि ॥ इति शब्दरावलो ।