Town Planning in Ancient India c19.29

c19.29

The Śilparatna recounts the disqualifications of the chambers that it discards in the choice of sites for gates. In its opinion erection of a gate at the Āditya causes son’s death; a gate at the Satya makes for rupture with allies or friends. A gate at the Bhṛśa leads to the obstruction of path. If a gate is constructed at the Antarikṣa, the owner goes to rack and ruin. The lord of the habitat meets with death in case he erects a gate at the Agni. Ruin from his domestic elephants overtakes him who raises a gate at the Pūṣā. The Vitatha gate portends death of the owner. Death and utter annihilation will come in the wake of location of a gate at the Yama. A gate at the Bhṛṅgarāja portends danger; that at the Mṛsha destruction of crops; that at the Nirṛti mortality; and that at the Dauvārika causes apprehension. A gate at the Asura means perennial pestilence. A gate at the Soṣaṇa sucks up all merits. Leprosy is likely to follow if a gate is set up at the Roga. A gate at the Vāyu exposes the citizen to blasts of wind. There is every fear of snakes, if a gate is opened at the Nāga. Watery grave awaits him who would make a gate at the Argala. A gate at the Aditi portends abdomenal distempers. A gate at the Diti spells ruin of the wife or spoilation of reservoirs. A gate at the Rudra stands for conflagration. A gate at the Parjjanya augurs ill for the kitchen.