Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c22: Chapter XXXVII.
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c22
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Chapter XXXVII.
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Nimnoccādi-Phala (The Declivity etc- as well as miscellaneous Varieties of the houses).
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This chapter has got a miscellaneous character where in specifications of the ground plot together with its declivity and other physiographical features are taken into account. This chapter also is informative in regard to the placing of the corridors in a particular direction and its merits and demerits are unfolded. The four-fold varieties of houses like Sacchatra, Sakakṣa, Saparikrama and Saprabha are defined. It has also enumerated the gerneral auspicious and inauspicious varieties of the Śālā houses.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII
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Dvārapīṭhabhittimānādi.
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Like the previous one this chapter too is of miscellaneous nature, a special enumeration of the Śālā-class of houses 15 in number, beginning with the Īśvara etc. is to be particularly noticed here. Again it has described the five-fold Vargādhipas group-numbers 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32. It has also described the measurements relating to the walls, courtyards, pedestals, doors and their height etc. In the end it has described the four special varieties, the very auspicious houses namely, Bhadra, Nandapīṭha, Saurabha and Puṣkara. They result from a particular planning of the Śālās along with the entrances etc.
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(D) House Architecture in Details of the Material, Masonry and Decorations, etc.