Vishwakarma Vastushastram

SR No.: 010145
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vasudev Shastri, N B Gadre
Publisher: S Gopalan Tanjor
Publication Year: 1958
Total Pages: 834
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 37 MB

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The pleasure gardens are located in Sugriva portion and liquor shops in Dantaka. Officiating priests are given residence in Roga portion and the tower for having a view of the city is built in Soşa part. These towers have generally 12 storeys with openings and protectives for having a convenient view of the city. The stables for elephants and horses are assigned to Bhujanga and Kinnara portions. The pilgrim's residence is provided for in Bhuskara portion. Recreation clubs are provided for in the īścina portion. The technical terms for rulers residing in particular types of cities are:
Narendra in Padmanagara Mahāraja in Sarvatõbhadra Astragrūha in Prastāra Pattabhāk in Sri Pratista Yuvarija in Pura Mundalika in Astamukha
Sirva bhauma in Rūjadhani Ornamental structures for towers, ramparts, motes, and constructions for strengthening gates and sluice gates are to be added for all places as required. Battlements for placing guns and enclosures for the artillery men remaining in safe hiding and other devices are to be provided for all cities. The temple of Vinciyaka big or small must always be built at the entrance of the city to ward off all obstacles.
The lanes are generally to be two Dandas in breadth and streets four, six or eight Dandas- The king's highway and bazaar streets must be six Dandas in width. Vacant spaces at the end of streets and between structures that are of triangular or irregular shape are called by the name Nārāca and they are also classified into Dēva, Mānusa, Paiśāca and Riksasa. These places are left vacant as they are. But some authorities allow these grounds to be used for cattle or for putting up small huts, but the better opinion is the first.