Town Planning in Ancient India c12.s4.5

c12.s4.5

(11) Śrīpratiṣṭhita :—Mayamuni defines it to be a village consisting of eight principal highways facing the east and of northerly streets numbering twenty-eight to thirty-two. The Kāmikāgama, while prescribing the same number of east-to-west streets, varies the northerly streets from eight to thirty-six, probably with common addition of four, thus bringing the number of varieties down to eight. The radical significance of the name is that Śrī, the Goddess of Fortune, is established and permanently secured in it.