The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.8

v1.c9.8

⁴ Navakhaṇḍaṃ sūtraṃ dhṛtvā vāstuṃ kṛtvā vicakṣaṇaḥ / navame pravibhāge tu gṛhaṃ kuryāt prayatnataḥ // na koṇe ca gṛhaṃ kuryāt nāpyante na ca madhyame / puṇye'hani sthire lagne sūcayedbhavanaṃ budhaḥ // sūtre'pyutthāya sandehān nimittaṃ niyataṃ śṛṇu / sūtre vistāryamāṇe hi pramādādbhidyate yadi // acireṇaiva kālena tadgṛhī mriyate dhruvam // *Vṛhadrājamārtaṇḍa* of Bhoja Deva. As. Socy's. MS, No. 74, fol. 50. “The intelligent, holding a string divided into nine parts, and laying the foundation carefully, should build his house on one of the nine parts. But it should not be in a corner, nor on one side nor in the middle. On an auspicious day, during a good conjunction of the stars, the wise lays the foundation of a house”.