History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.562

v6.c82.562

The construction of a house (*vāstu*) is a very important matter even in the gṛhya and dharma-sūtras. Construction of a house and the first entrance into it have been described in the H. of Dh. vol. II pp. 833-836 but the astrological requirements were not illustrated there. The Pāraskara-gṛhya ⁹⁶⁰ simply provides that the construction of a house should be begun on an auspicious day. The Hiraṇyakeśigṛhya is more specific and says that a shed or house should be begun after kindling fire in the northward passage of the Sun, in the fortnight of the waxing moon, on the nakṣatras of Rohiṇī or the three Uttarās, viz.