Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.71

v1.c55.71

These were all finished architectural establishments. This Yavasasthāna is a wooden structure. It should be placed in the Brāhma corner. The wood employed in it should be of one of these trees—Dhātakī, Arjuna, Punnāga, Kakubha and it should be examined and approved by the attending physician. It should have a height of at least three Kiṣkus (one Kiṣku is equal to 42 aṅgulas). The length and the breadth of the Khādana-koṣṭha should be equal to 3 hastas. For the fastening of all the five-fold limbs (technically called the Pañcāṅgī) several sets of these pegs should be placed on intervening spaces and one principal wedge should be secretly laid out.