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Mayamatam मयमतम्
TREATISE OF HOUSING, ARCHITECTURE AND ICONOGRAPHY
by bruno dagens, Authentic book on ancient vastu sastra
द्वादशोऽध्यायः
chapter-12 The Foundation Deposit
[ गर्भविन्यासः ]
तैतिलानां द्विजातीनां वर्णानां हर्म्यके गृहे' । गर्भन्यासविधिः' सम्यक् संक्षेपाद् वक्ष्यतेऽधुना ॥ १ ॥
सर्वद्रव्यैस्तु सम्पन्नं गर्भं तत् सम्पदां पदम् । द्रव्यहीनमसम्पन्नं गर्भं सर्वविपत्करम् ॥ २ ॥
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन गर्भं सम्यग् विनिक्षिपेत् । गर्भश्वभ्रस्य गाम्भीर्यं स्वाधिष्ठानोन्नते समम् ॥ ३ ॥
चतुरश्रसमं कुर्यात् गर्तमिष्टकयाश्मना । आपूर्य सलिलं तस्य मूले सर्वमृदं क्षिपेत् ॥ ४ ॥
निम्नगाह्रद सस्याद्रिवल्मीक कुलिरावटे । हलस्थलाब्धिगोशृङ्गहस्तिदन्तेषु मृत्तिका ॥ ५ ॥
तदूर्ध्वं तस्य मध्ये तु पद्मकन्दं न्यसेत् पुनः । पूर्वे चोत्पलकन्दं च दक्षिणे कौमुदं क्षिपेत् ॥ ६ ॥
सौगन्धिं पश्चिमे विद्यात् "नीललोहमुदग्दिशि । धान्यान्यष्टौ तदूर्ध्वं तु शालिव्रीहिश्च कोद्रवः ॥ ७ ॥
कङ्कु मुद्गं च माषं च कुलत्थं च तिलं तथा। प्रादक्षिण्येन शाल्यादीनीशानादिषु विन्यसेत्॥ ८ ॥
THE FOUNDATION DEPOSIT
In a few words, but precisely, I present the rules relating to the placing of the foundation deposit in the temples of gods and in the houses of the twice-born classes. A foundation deposit with all the components (prescribed) is a source of success; an incomplete deposit or the absence of anyone component leads to failure; this is why the foundation deposit should be set in place with the utmost care and without error.
The depth of the pit meant for the deposit is to be equal to the height of the base of the building concerned. (The pit) is square and lined with bricks and stones. After it has been filled with water its bottom should be covered with every sort of earth: from a river, from a pond, from a wheat (field), from a mountain, an anthill, a crab's hole, from the ploughshare, from the horn of a bull or of a buffalo and from an elephant's tusk.
Next should be arranged on that: a root of padma in the middle, one of utpala in the east, one of kumuda in the south, one of saugandhi in the west and one of nilaloba in the north. The eight grains are placed above that: śāli, vrihi, kodrava, kanku, mudga, mâșa, kulattha and tila; the arrangement is made according to the pradakṣiṇa taking śāli in the north-east as the starting point.
TREATISE OF HOUSING, ARCHITECTURE AND ICONOGRAPHY
by bruno dagens, Authentic book on ancient vastu sastra
द्वादशोऽध्यायः
chapter-12 The Foundation Deposit
[ गर्भविन्यासः ]
तैतिलानां द्विजातीनां वर्णानां हर्म्यके गृहे' । गर्भन्यासविधिः' सम्यक् संक्षेपाद् वक्ष्यतेऽधुना ॥ १ ॥
सर्वद्रव्यैस्तु सम्पन्नं गर्भं तत् सम्पदां पदम् । द्रव्यहीनमसम्पन्नं गर्भं सर्वविपत्करम् ॥ २ ॥
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन गर्भं सम्यग् विनिक्षिपेत् । गर्भश्वभ्रस्य गाम्भीर्यं स्वाधिष्ठानोन्नते समम् ॥ ३ ॥
चतुरश्रसमं कुर्यात् गर्तमिष्टकयाश्मना । आपूर्य सलिलं तस्य मूले सर्वमृदं क्षिपेत् ॥ ४ ॥
निम्नगाह्रद सस्याद्रिवल्मीक कुलिरावटे । हलस्थलाब्धिगोशृङ्गहस्तिदन्तेषु मृत्तिका ॥ ५ ॥
तदूर्ध्वं तस्य मध्ये तु पद्मकन्दं न्यसेत् पुनः । पूर्वे चोत्पलकन्दं च दक्षिणे कौमुदं क्षिपेत् ॥ ६ ॥
सौगन्धिं पश्चिमे विद्यात् "नीललोहमुदग्दिशि । धान्यान्यष्टौ तदूर्ध्वं तु शालिव्रीहिश्च कोद्रवः ॥ ७ ॥
कङ्कु मुद्गं च माषं च कुलत्थं च तिलं तथा। प्रादक्षिण्येन शाल्यादीनीशानादिषु विन्यसेत्॥ ८ ॥
THE FOUNDATION DEPOSIT
In a few words, but precisely, I present the rules relating to the placing of the foundation deposit in the temples of gods and in the houses of the twice-born classes. A foundation deposit with all the components (prescribed) is a source of success; an incomplete deposit or the absence of anyone component leads to failure; this is why the foundation deposit should be set in place with the utmost care and without error.
The depth of the pit meant for the deposit is to be equal to the height of the base of the building concerned. (The pit) is square and lined with bricks and stones. After it has been filled with water its bottom should be covered with every sort of earth: from a river, from a pond, from a wheat (field), from a mountain, an anthill, a crab's hole, from the ploughshare, from the horn of a bull or of a buffalo and from an elephant's tusk.
Next should be arranged on that: a root of padma in the middle, one of utpala in the east, one of kumuda in the south, one of saugandhi in the west and one of nilaloba in the north. The eight grains are placed above that: śāli, vrihi, kodrava, kanku, mudga, mâșa, kulattha and tila; the arrangement is made according to the pradakṣiṇa taking śāli in the north-east as the starting point.