Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c52.38

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7. Cāpākāra—A bow-shaped town. It is a bit curious to note that the bow-shape is reckoned as an inauspicious shape by the S. S.; whereas Agni (Ch. 72) eulogizes it as the best variety and the ancient city of Vārānasi presents a semi-lunar aspect. Kālikāpurāṇa says, 'the town of Ayodhya of the Ikṣvāku-family, because of its shape like a bow, had earned many victories. But the S. S. has it otherwise'. According to it, those living in this town have corrupt wives, and themselves are impotent.