Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.65

c4.s3.65

“The village called *Nandyávartta*, is either square or oblong. It is divisible into as many parts as are contained in the (mystic) figure called *Chandita* or *Paramasáyica*. The *Chandita* contains sixty-four equal parts, being the square of eight, of which the middle four parts are called *Bráhmya*, or those which belong to *Brahma*, and they should be entirely appropriated to sacred purposes. Around these are twelve parts called *Divya*, or those belonging to the *Dévas*; around these twenty parts called *Mánushya*, or those belonging to mortals; and around these again twenty-eight called *Paysácha*, or those belonging to demons. These several rounds should be occupied by different classes in the order of their superiority, that is Brahmans dagger should have the *Brahmya*, and so with the rest. The figure called *Paramasáyica* contains eighty-one equal parts, being the square of nine, of which the middle nine are *Brahmya*; sixteen around these are *Divya*; twenty-four around these *Mánushya*, and the outermost thirty-two *Paysácha*. This village has four large streets along the inside of the wall by which it is surrounded, running in each direction at right angles; namely, one near the north-west quarter, passing towards the north-east, projects at a small distance beyond the cross street which intersects it; another opening from a little way within the projection runs forward in a south-east direction, and projects in the same manner beyond the intersecting street on that side, and the same may be said of the streets at the two other angular points. The number of streets in the outer compartment should be determined according to its extent, and in the