Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.174

v2.c77.174

| *Sky*— | Colourless, full of birds |
| *Heavens*— | full of stars |
| *Earth* | Three fold.—(*i*) Jāṅgala—wild |
| | (*ii*) Anūpa—arid or marshy |
| | (*iii*) Miśra ? |
| *Mountain* | With chains of rocks, peaks, dhātus, trees waterfalls and snakes |
| *Forest* | full of trees, birds and beasts |
| *Water* | with a number of fish, tortoise, swans and other acquatic animals |
| *Town* | with picturesque temples, palaces, markets, streets, beautiful royal highways |
| *Village* | with roadways, with some gardens and groves on either side |
| *Forts and* *Fortresses* | with their proper sites (bhūmiviniveśa) (and not suitable background as Mr. Murty takes it) along with a rampart wall and battlements (high as mountains and not mountains in addition) |
| *Āpaṇo bhūmi* (bazaars) | —having all sorts of Wares |
| *Āpānabhūmi* | —full of men drinking wine |
| *Gamblers* | devoid of upper garments and the loosers and winners among them as sorrowful and full of joy, respectively. |
| *Battle-field* | with four-fold army (chariots, elephants, horses and footmen) Warriors furiously fighting and blood flowing about the corpses of the dead ones. |
| *Burial ground* | suggested through funeral—piles of logs and dead bodies. |
| *Mārga* (way) | with caravans fully loaded |
| *Night* | (*i*) general |
| | suggested with moon and stars, thieves stealthily approaching and people fast alseep (another epithet is ‘दर्शिकलौकिकाम्’ |