Agni Purana — Chapter 93
AgP 93.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये शिलान्यासकथनं नाम द्विनवतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {९३} :श् अथ त्रिनवतितमो ऽध्यायः वास्तुपूजादिविधानम् ईश्वर उवाच ततः प्रासादमासूत्र्य वर्तयेद्वास्तुमण्डपं(५) कुर्यात् कोष्ठचतुःषष्टिं क्षेत्रे वेदास्रके समे
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye śilānyāsakathanaṃ nāma dvinavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {93} :ś atha trinavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ vāstupūjādividhānam īśvara uvāca tataḥ prāsādamāsūtrya vartayedvāstumaṇḍapaṃ(5) kuryāt koṣṭhacatuḥṣaṣṭiṃ kṣetre vedāsrake same
(Colophon: Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the ninety-second chapter, called the Statement of the Placing of the Slabs.) Chapter 93. Now the ninety-third chapter: the rules for the worship of the Vāstu and so forth. Īśvara said: Then, having laid out the temple with cords, he should mark out the Vāstu pavilion; on level ground with four corners he should make sixty-four cells.
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AgP 93.2
कोणेषु विन्यसेद् वंशौ(६) रज्जवो ऽष्टौ विकोणगाः :न् १ ॐ इं उं इति घ॥ , ङ्। च २ पञ्चगव्येन संसिक्तान् इति ग॥ ३ न्यूनादिदोषनाशार्थमिति घ॥ ४ यजेदस्रेण शुद्ध्यर्थमाहुतीनामिति घ॥ ५ वास्तुमण्डलमिति ग। ङ॥ । तत इति श्लोकार्धं घ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ६ विन्यसेद्वंशमिति ख॥ :प् २९५ द्विपदाः षट्पदास्तास्तु वास्तुन्तत्रार्चयेद् यथा
koṇeṣu vinyased vaṃśau(6) rajjavo 'ṣṭau vikoṇagāḥ :n 1 oṃ iṃ uṃ iti gha.. , ṅ. ca 2 pañcagavyena saṃsiktān iti ga.. 3 nyūnādidoṣanāśārthamiti gha.. 4 yajedasreṇa śuddhyarthamāhutīnāmiti gha.. 5 vāstumaṇḍalamiti ga. ṅa.. / tata iti ślokārdhaṃ gha.. pustake nāsti 6 vinyasedvaṃśamiti kha.. :p 295 dvipadāḥ ṣaṭpadāstāstu vāstuntatrārcayed yathā
At the corners he should place the two rods; the eight cords run from corner to corner. (Apparatus: 1 gha and ṅa read oṃ iṃ uṃ; 2 ga reads pañcagavyena saṃsiktān; 3 gha reads nyūnādidoṣanāśārtham; 4 gha reads yajed asreṇa śuddhyartham āhutīnām; 5 ga and ṅa read vāstumaṇḍalam; the half-verse beginning tataḥ is not in the gha manuscript; 6 kha reads vinyased vaṃśam.) [p. 295] They are of two padas and of six padas; there he should worship the Vāstu as follows.
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AgP 93.3
आकुञ्चितकचं(१) वास्तुमुत्तानमसुराकृतिं(२) स्मरेत् पूजासु कुड्यादिनिवेशे उत्तराननं
ākuñcitakacaṃ(1) vāstumuttānamasurākṛtiṃ(2) smaret pūjāsu kuḍyādiniveśe uttarānanaṃ
He should visualise the Vāstu with hair drawn back, lying face upward, of demonic shape; in the worships and in the installing of walls and so forth, facing north.
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AgP 93.4
जानुनी कूर्परौ शक्थि दिशि वातहुताशयोः पैत्र्यां पादपुटे रौद्र्यां शिरो ऽस्य हृदये ऽञ्जलिः
jānunī kūrparau śakthi diśi vātahutāśayoḥ paitryāṃ pādapuṭe raudryāṃ śiro 'sya hṛdaye 'ñjaliḥ
The knees and the elbows (and) thighs (lie) in the direction of the Wind (northwest) and of the Fire (southeast); in the ancestral quarter (south) the pair of feet, in Rudra's quarter (northeast) his head, and on the chest the folded hands.
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AgP 93.5
अस्य देहे समारूढा देवताः पूजिताः शुभाः अष्टौ कोणाधिपास्तत्र कोणार्धेष्वष्टसु स्थिताः(३)
asya dehe samārūḍhā devatāḥ pūjitāḥ śubhāḥ aṣṭau koṇādhipāstatra koṇārdheṣvaṣṭasu sthitāḥ(3)
Mounted upon his body are the auspicious deities, (there) worshipped; the eight lords of the corners are stationed there in the eight half-corners.
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AgP 93.6
षट्पदास्तु मरीच्याद्या दिक्षु पूर्वादिषु क्रमात् मध्ये चतुष्पदो ब्रह्मा शेषास्तु पदिकाः(४) स्मृताः
ṣaṭpadāstu marīcyādyā dikṣu pūrvādiṣu kramāt madhye catuṣpado brahmā śeṣāstu padikāḥ(4) smṛtāḥ
Marīci and the rest, occupying six squares each, (are) in the directions beginning with the east, in order; in the middle Brahmā, occupying four squares; the remaining ones are held to occupy one square each.
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AgP 93.7
समस्तनाडीसंयोगे महामर्मानुजं फलं त्रिशूलं स्वस्तिकं वज्रं(५) महास्वस्तिकसम्पुटौ
samastanāḍīsaṃyoge mahāmarmānujaṃ phalaṃ triśūlaṃ svastikaṃ vajraṃ(5) mahāsvastikasampuṭau
At the meeting of all the lines (nāḍīs) is the great vital point (marman), and following it: phala, triśūla, svastika, vajra, and the pair mahāsvastika and sampuṭa.
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AgP 93.8
त्रिकुटुं(९) मणिबन्धं च सुविशुद्धं पदं तथा इति द्वादश मर्माणि वास्तोर्भित्त्यादिषु त्यजेत्
trikuṭuṃ(9) maṇibandhaṃ ca suviśuddhaṃ padaṃ tathā iti dvādaśa marmāṇi vāstorbhittyādiṣu tyajet
And trikuṭu, maṇibandha, and likewise the well-purified square — these are the twelve vital points; one should avoid them in the walls and so forth of the building.
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AgP 93.9
साज्यमक्षतमीशाय पर्जन्यायाम्बुजोदकं ददीताथ जयन्ताय पताकां कुङ्कुमोज्ज्वलां(७)
sājyamakṣatamīśāya parjanyāyāmbujodakaṃ dadītātha jayantāya patākāṃ kuṅkumojjvalāṃ(7)
He should give unbroken rice-grains with ghee to Īśa, lotus-water to Parjanya, and then to Jayanta a banner bright with saffron.
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AgP 93.10
रत्नवारि महेन्द्राय रवौ धूम्रं वितानकं सत्याय घृतगोधूममाज्यभक्तं भृशाय च
ratnavāri mahendrāya ravau dhūmraṃ vitānakaṃ satyāya ghṛtagodhūmamājyabhaktaṃ bhṛśāya ca
Jewel-water to Mahendra, a smoke-coloured canopy to the Sun, ghee and wheat to Satya, and rice with ghee to Bhṛśa.
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AgP 93.11
विमांसमन्तरीक्षाय शुक्तुन्तेभ्यस्तु पूर्वतः मधुक्षीराज्यसम्पूर्णां प्रदद्याद्वह्नये श्रुचं
vimāṃsamantarīkṣāya śuktuntebhyastu pūrvataḥ madhukṣīrājyasampūrṇāṃ pradadyādvahnaye śrucaṃ
(Food) without meat to Antarīkṣa, and to the Śuktuntas in the east; he should offer to Fire a ladle filled with honey, milk and ghee.
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AgP 93.12
लाजान् पूर्णं सुवर्णाम्बु वितथाय निवेदयेत् :न् १ आकुञ्चितकरमिति घ॥ २ कुर्यादित्यादिः मुत्तानमसुराकृतिमित्यन्तः श्लोकद्वयात्मकपाठो ग॥ पुस्तकके नास्ति ३ कोणार्धेषु व्यवस्थिता इति घ॥ ४ पादिका इति ख॥ ५ मुष्टिकं वक्त्रमिति ख॥ ६ त्रिकोष्ठमिति ग॥ ७ ददीतेति अर्धश्लोको ग॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् २९६ दद्याद् गृहक्षते क्षौद्रं(१) यमराजे पलौदनं(२)
lājān pūrṇaṃ suvarṇāmbu vitathāya nivedayet :n 1 ākuñcitakaramiti gha.. 2 kuryādityādiḥ muttānamasurākṛtimityantaḥ ślokadvayātmakapāṭho ga.. pustakake nāsti 3 koṇārdheṣu vyavasthitā iti gha.. 4 pādikā iti kha.. 5 muṣṭikaṃ vaktramiti kha.. 6 trikoṣṭhamiti ga.. 7 dadīteti ardhaśloko ga.. pustake nāsti :p 296 dadyād gṛhakṣate kṣaudraṃ(1) yamarāje palaudanaṃ(2)
He should present to Vitatha parched grain and a full (vessel of) golden water. [Notes: 1 'ākuñcitakaram' in ms. gha; 2 the two-verse passage from 'kuryāt' to 'muttānamasurākṛtim' is absent in ms. ga; 3 'koṇārdheṣu vyavasthitā' in gha; 4 'pādikā' in kha; 5 'muṣṭikaṃ vaktram' in kha; 6 'trikoṣṭham' in ga; 7 the half-verse 'dadīta' is absent in ms. ga.] [p. 296] He should give honey at the house-breach, and meat-and-rice to King Yama.
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AgP 93.13
गन्धं गन्धर्वनाथाय जिह्वां भृङ्गाय पक्षिणः मृगाय पद्मपर्णानि(३) याम्यामित्यष्टदेवताः(४)
gandhaṃ gandharvanāthāya jihvāṃ bhṛṅgāya pakṣiṇaḥ mṛgāya padmaparṇāni(3) yāmyāmityaṣṭadevatāḥ(4)
Perfume to the lord of the Gandharvas, a bird's tongue to Bhṛṅga, lotus-leaves to Mṛga — thus the eight deities in the southern (quarter).
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AgP 93.14
पित्रे तिलोदकं क्षीरं वृक्षजं दन्तधावनं दौवारिकाय देवाय प्रदद्याद् धेनुमुद्रया(५)
pitre tilodakaṃ kṣīraṃ vṛkṣajaṃ dantadhāvanaṃ dauvārikāya devāya pradadyād dhenumudrayā(5)
To the Ancestor (Pitṛ) sesame-water and milk; a tooth-cleaning twig from a tree he should offer to the god Dauvārika with the cow-gesture (dhenu-mudrā).
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AgP 93.15
सुग्रीवाय दिशेत् पूपान् पुष्पदन्ताय दर्भकं रक्तं प्रचेतसे पद्ममसुराय(६) सुरासवं
sugrīvāya diśet pūpān puṣpadantāya darbhakaṃ raktaṃ pracetase padmamasurāya(6) surāsavaṃ
To Sugrīva he should present cakes, to Puṣpadanta a little darbha grass, a red lotus to Pracetas, and spirituous liquor to Asura.
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AgP 93.16
घृतं गुडौदनं शेषे रोगाय घृतमण्डकान् लाजान् वा पश्चिमाशायां देवाष्टकमितीरितं
ghṛtaṃ guḍaudanaṃ śeṣe rogāya ghṛtamaṇḍakān lājān vā paścimāśāyāṃ devāṣṭakamitīritaṃ
Ghee and jaggery-rice to Śeṣa; to Roga ghee-cakes or parched grain — in the western direction; thus the set of eight gods has been declared.
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AgP 93.17
मारुताय ध्वजं पीतं नागाय नागकेशरं मुख्ये भक्ष्याणि भल्लाटे मुद्गसूपं सुसंस्कृतं
mārutāya dhvajaṃ pītaṃ nāgāya nāgakeśaraṃ mukhye bhakṣyāṇi bhallāṭe mudgasūpaṃ susaṃskṛtaṃ
To Māruta a yellow banner, to Nāga nāgakeśara (flowers), to Mukhya edibles, to Bhallāṭa well-prepared mung-bean broth.
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AgP 93.18
सोमाय पायसं साज्यं शालूकमूषये(७) दिशेत् लोपीमदितये दित्यै पुरीमित्युत्तराष्टकं(८)
somāya pāyasaṃ sājyaṃ śālūkamūṣaye(7) diśet lopīmaditaye dityai purīmityuttarāṣṭakaṃ(8)
To Soma milk-rice with ghee, to Mūṣa (the Rat) he should present a lotus-root; lopī-cakes to Aditi, purī-cakes to Diti — thus the northern set of eight.
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AgP 93.19
मोदकान् ब्रह्मणः प्राच्यां षट्पादाय मरीचये सवित्रे रक्तपुष्पाणि वह्न्यधःकोणकोष्ठके
modakān brahmaṇaḥ prācyāṃ ṣaṭpādāya marīcaye savitre raktapuṣpāṇi vahnyadhaḥkoṇakoṣṭhake
Sweetmeats for Brahmā; in the east, to Marīci who occupies six squares; to Savitṛ red flowers, in the corner-cell below the Fire (southeast).
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AgP 93.20
तदधःकोष्ठके दद्यात् सावित्र्यै च कुशोदकं(९) दक्षिणे चन्दनं(१०) रक्तं षट्पदाय विवस्वते
tadadhaḥkoṣṭhake dadyāt sāvitryai ca kuśodakaṃ(9) dakṣiṇe candanaṃ(10) raktaṃ ṣaṭpadāya vivasvate
In the cell below that he should give kuśa-water to Sāvitrī; in the south, red sandal to Vivasvat, who occupies six squares.
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AgP 93.21
हरिद्रौदनमिन्द्राय रक्षोधःक्रीणकोष्ठके :न् १ भूतक्षये रौद्रमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च । गृहकृते क्षौद्रमिति घ॥ २ फलौदनमिति ख। घ॥ च ३ यवपर्णानीति घ॥ । पद्मवर्णानीति ख॥ छ॥ च ४ याम्यामित्यष्टदेवता इति ख॥ ५ प्रदद्यादघमुद्रयेति ख॥ । प्रदद्याद्वनमुद्रयेति घ॥ , छ॥ च ६ पद्मं सम्बरायेति घ॥ ७ शालूकं शृणयेति ख॥ , छ॥ च ८ पुरीमित्यवराष्टकमिति ग॥ ९ सवित्रे च कुशोदकमिति ग॥ १० सावित्र्यै चन्दनमिति ग॥ :प् २९७ इन्द्रजयाय मिश्रान्नमिन्द्राधस्तान्निवेदयेत्
haridraudanamindrāya rakṣodhaḥkrīṇakoṣṭhake :n 1 bhūtakṣaye raudramiti kha.. , cha.. ca / gṛhakṛte kṣaudramiti gha.. 2 phalaudanamiti kha. gha.. ca 3 yavaparṇānīti gha.. / padmavarṇānīti kha.. cha.. ca 4 yāmyāmityaṣṭadevatā iti kha.. 5 pradadyādaghamudrayeti kha.. / pradadyādvanamudrayeti gha.. , cha.. ca 6 padmaṃ sambarāyeti gha.. 7 śālūkaṃ śṛṇayeti kha.. , cha.. ca 8 purīmityavarāṣṭakamiti ga.. 9 savitre ca kuśodakamiti ga.. 10 sāvitryai candanamiti ga.. :p 297 indrajayāya miśrānnamindrādhastānnivedayet
Turmeric-rice to Indra, in the cell below the Rakṣas (corner). [Notes: 1 'bhūtakṣaye raudram' in kha and cha; 'gṛhakṛte kṣaudram' in gha; 2 'phalaudanam' in kha and gha; 3 'yavaparṇāni' in gha; 'padmavarṇāni' in kha and cha; 4 'yāmyāmityaṣṭadevatāḥ' in kha; 5 'pradadyād aghamudrayā' in kha; 'pradadyād vanamudrayā' in gha and cha; 6 'padmaṃ sambarāya' in gha; 7 'śālūkaṃ śṛṇaye' in kha and cha; 8 'purīmityavarāṣṭakam' in ga; 9 'savitre ca kuśodakam' in ga; 10 'sāvitryai candanam' in ga.] [p. 297] He should offer mixed food to Indrajaya, below Indra.
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AgP 93.22
वरुण्यां षट्पदासीने मित्रे सङुडमोदनं रुद्राय घृतसिद्धान्नं वायुकोणाधरे पदे
varuṇyāṃ ṣaṭpadāsīne mitre saṅuḍamodanaṃ rudrāya ghṛtasiddhānnaṃ vāyukoṇādhare pade
In the western (quarter), to Mitra who is seated on six squares, rice with jaggery; to Rudra food cooked with ghee, in the square below the Wind-corner (northwest).
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AgP 93.23
तदधो रुद्रदासाय मासं मार्गमथोत्तरे ददीत माषनैवेद्यं(१) षट्पदस्थे धराधरे(२)
tadadho rudradāsāya māsaṃ mārgamathottare dadīta māṣanaivedyaṃ(1) ṣaṭpadasthe dharādhare(2)
Below that, to Rudradāsa, meat; then in the north he should give an offering of black gram to Dharādhara, who stands on six squares.
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AgP 93.24
आपाय शिवकोणाधः तद्वत्साय च तत्स्थले(३) क्रमाद्दद्याद्दधिक्षीरं पूजयित्वा विधानतः
āpāya śivakoṇādhaḥ tadvatsāya ca tatsthale(3) kramāddadyāddadhikṣīraṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ
To Āpa, below the Śiva corner (the north‑east), and to its "calf" (Āpavatsa) in that same place, he should offer in order curds and milk, having worshipped (them) according to the rule.
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AgP 93.25
चतुष्पदे निविष्टाय ब्रह्मणे मध्मदेशतः पञ्चगव्याक्षतोपेतञ्चरुं साज्यं निवेदयेत्
catuṣpade niviṣṭāya brahmaṇe madhmadeśataḥ pañcagavyākṣatopetañcaruṃ sājyaṃ nivedayet
To Brahmā, who occupies four squares, from the middle region, he should present caru mixed with the five cow-products and unbroken grains, together with clarified butter.
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AgP 93.26
ईशादिवायुपर्यन्तकोणेष्वथ यथाक्रमं वास्तुवाह्ये चरक्याद्याश् चतस्रः पूजयेद् यथा
īśādivāyuparyantakoṇeṣvatha yathākramaṃ vāstuvāhye carakyādyāś catasraḥ pūjayed yathā
Then in the corners, beginning with Īśa and ending with Vāyu, in due order, outside the vāstu (diagram), he should worship the four (goddesses) Carakī and the rest, as follows.
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AgP 93.27
चरक्यै(४) सघृतं मांसं विदार्यै(५) दधिपङ्कजे पूतनायै पलं पित्तं रुधिरं च निवेदयेत्
carakyai(4) saghṛtaṃ māṃsaṃ vidāryai(5) dadhipaṅkaje pūtanāyai palaṃ pittaṃ rudhiraṃ ca nivedayet
To Carakī, flesh with ghee; to Vidārī, curds and lotus; to Pūtanā he should present meat, bile and blood.
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AgP 93.28
अस्थीनि पापराक्षस्यै रक्तपित्तपलानि च ततो माषौदनं(६) प्राच्यां स्कन्दाय विनिवेदयेत्
asthīni pāparākṣasyai raktapittapalāni ca tato māṣaudanaṃ(6) prācyāṃ skandāya vinivedayet
To Pāparākṣasī, bones, and blood, bile and flesh; then in the east he should present rice cooked with māṣa-beans to Skanda.
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AgP 93.29
अर्यम्णे दक्षिणाशायां पूपान् कृसरया युतान् जम्भकाय(७) च वारुण्यामामिषं रुधिरान्वितं
aryamṇe dakṣiṇāśāyāṃ pūpān kṛsarayā yutān jambhakāya(7) ca vāruṇyāmāmiṣaṃ rudhirānvitaṃ
To Aryaman in the southern quarter, cakes together with kṛsarā (a rice-and-sesame dish); and to Jambhaka in the western quarter, raw flesh mixed with blood.
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AgP 93.30
उदीच्यां पिलिपिञ्जाय(८) रक्तान्नं कुसुमानि च यजेद्वा सकलं वास्तुं कुशदध्यक्षतेर्जलैः
udīcyāṃ pilipiñjāya(8) raktānnaṃ kusumāni ca yajedvā sakalaṃ vāstuṃ kuśadadhyakṣaterjalaiḥ
In the north, to Pilipiñja, red rice and flowers; or else he may worship the vāstu as a whole with kuśa grass, curds, unbroken grains and water.
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AgP 93.31
:न् १ मांसनैवेद्यमिति ख॥ , छ॥ , च २ वराधरे इति घ॥ ३ आपवत्सचतुष्टये इति ख॥ । तद्वत्सायै च तत्तले इति घ॥ , ज॥ च ४ वाराह्यै इति ङ॥ , छ॥ च ५ विपचे इति ख॥ , छ॥ च ६ ततो मांसौदनमिति ख। घ॥ छ॥ च ७ कुम्भकायेति छ॥ ८ पिलिपिच्छायेति ङ॥ । लिपिपिञ्जायेति छ॥ :प् २९८ गृहे च नगरादौ च एकाशीतिपदैर् यजेत् त्रिपदा रज्जवः कार्याः षट्पदाश् च विकोणके
:n 1 māṃsanaivedyamiti kha.. , cha.. , ca 2 varādhare iti gha.. 3 āpavatsacatuṣṭaye iti kha.. / tadvatsāyai ca tattale iti gha.. , ja.. ca 4 vārāhyai iti ṅa.. , cha.. ca 5 vipace iti kha.. , cha.. ca 6 tato māṃsaudanamiti kha. gha.. cha.. ca 7 kumbhakāyeti cha.. 8 pilipicchāyeti ṅa.. / lipipiñjāyeti cha.. :p 298 gṛhe ca nagarādau ca ekāśītipadair yajet tripadā rajjavaḥ kāryāḥ ṣaṭpadāś ca vikoṇake
[Textual notes: kha, cha read māṃsanaivedyam; gha reads varādhare; kha reads āpavatsacatuṣṭaye, gha and ja read tadvatsāyai ca tattale; ṅa and cha read vārāhyai; kha and cha read vipace; kha, gha, cha read tato māṃsaudanam; cha reads kumbhakāya; ṅa reads pilipicchāya, cha reads lipipiñjāya. Page 298:] For a house and for a city and the like, he should perform the worship with eighty-one squares; the cords are to be made of three squares each, and of six squares at the corner-less (?) part.
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AgP 93.32
ईशाद्याः पादिकास्तस्मिन्नागद्याश् च द्विकोष्ठगाः(१) षट्पदस्था मरीच्याद्या ब्रह्मा नवपदः स्मृतः
īśādyāḥ pādikāstasminnāgadyāś ca dvikoṣṭhagāḥ(1) ṣaṭpadasthā marīcyādyā brahmā navapadaḥ smṛtaḥ
In that (diagram) Īśa and the rest occupy one square each, and Nāga and the rest two cells; Marīci and the rest stand in six squares, and Brahmā is held to be of nine squares.
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AgP 93.33
नगरग्रामखेटादौ वास्तुः शतपदो ऽपि(२) वा वंशद्वयं कोणगतं दुर्जयं दुर्धरं सदा
nagaragrāmakheṭādau vāstuḥ śatapado 'pi(2) vā vaṃśadvayaṃ koṇagataṃ durjayaṃ durdharaṃ sadā
In a city, a village, a hamlet and so on, the vāstu may also be of a hundred squares; the two lines (vaṃśa) that run to the corners are always unconquerable and irresistible.
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AgP 93.34
यथा देवालये न्यसस् तथा शतपदे हितः ग्रहाः स्कन्दादयस्तत्र विज्ञेयाश् चैव षट्पदाः
yathā devālaye nyasas tathā śatapade hitaḥ grahāḥ skandādayastatra vijñeyāś caiva ṣaṭpadāḥ
As the placement (of deities) is in a temple, so it is proper in the hundred-square (diagram); there the planets and Skanda and the rest are to be known as occupying six squares.
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AgP 93.35
चरक्याद्या भूतपदा रज्जुवंशादि पूर्ववत् देशसंस्थापने(३) वास्तु चतुस्त्रिंशच्छतं(४) भवेत्
carakyādyā bhūtapadā rajjuvaṃśādi pūrvavat deśasaṃsthāpane(3) vāstu catustriṃśacchataṃ(4) bhavet
Carakī and the rest occupy the squares of the spirits (bhūtas); the cords, lines and so forth are as before. For the establishing of a settlement the vāstu should be of one hundred and thirty-four (squares).
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AgP 93.36
चतुःषष्टिपदो(५) ब्रह्मा मरीच्याद्याश् च देवताः चतुःपञ्चाशत्पदिका आपाद्यष्टौ रसाग्निभिः
catuḥṣaṣṭipado(5) brahmā marīcyādyāś ca devatāḥ catuḥpañcāśatpadikā āpādyaṣṭau rasāgnibhiḥ
Brahmā occupies sixty-four squares, and the deities Marīci and the rest fifty-four squares; the eight beginning with Āpa (occupy) thirty-six.
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AgP 93.37
ईशानाद्या नवपदाः स्कन्दाद्याः शक्तिकाः(६) स्मृताः चरक्याद्यास्तद्वदेव रज्जुवंशादि पूर्ववत्(७)
īśānādyā navapadāḥ skandādyāḥ śaktikāḥ(6) smṛtāḥ carakyādyāstadvadeva rajjuvaṃśādi pūrvavat(7)
Īśāna and the rest have nine squares; Skanda and the rest are said to have a single square each; Carakī and the rest likewise; the cords, lines and so on are as before.
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AgP 93.38
ज्ञेयो वंशसहस्रैस्तु वास्तुमण्डलगः पदैः न्यासो नवगुणस्तत्र कर्तव्यो देशवास्तुवित्
jñeyo vaṃśasahasraistu vāstumaṇḍalagaḥ padaiḥ nyāso navaguṇastatra kartavyo deśavāstuvit
(The vāstu) is to be known by a thousand lines, occupying the vāstu-diagram by its squares; there the placement is to be made ninefold by one who knows the vāstu of a region.
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AgP 93.39
पञ्चचिंशत्पदो वास्तुर्वैतालाख्यश्चितौ स्मृतः अन्यो नवपदो वास्तुः षोडशाङ्घ्रिस् तथापरः
pañcaciṃśatpado vāsturvaitālākhyaścitau smṛtaḥ anyo navapado vāstuḥ ṣoḍaśāṅghris tathāparaḥ
A vāstu of thirty-five squares, called Vaitāla, is prescribed for the altar; another vāstu is of nine squares, and yet another has sixteen feet (squares).
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AgP 93.40
षडस्रत्र्यस्रवृत्तादेर्मध्ये स्याच्चतुरस्रकं :न् १ नागाद्याश्चार्धकोष्टगा इति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ शतपदे ऽपीति ग॥ ३ दशमं स्थापने इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च ४ चतुर्विंशच्छतमिति ग॥ ५ चतुःषष्टिपदे इति घ॥ ६ ईशानाद्याः शिवपदा स्कन्दाद्याः पदिका इति घ॥ ७ समञ्च स्थापने वास्तुश् चतुस्त्रिंशच्छतं भवेदिति घ॥ पुस्तके ऽधिकः पाठः । चतुःषष्टिपदो ब्रह्मा इत्य् आदिः, रज्जुवंशादि पूर्ववत् इत्य् अन्तः पाठो ग॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् २९९ खाते वास्तोः समं पृष्ठे(१) न्यासे ब्रह्मशिलात्मके
ṣaḍasratryasravṛttādermadhye syāccaturasrakaṃ :n 1 nāgādyāścārdhakoṣṭagā iti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 śatapade 'pīti ga.. 3 daśamaṃ sthāpane iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca 4 caturviṃśacchatamiti ga.. 5 catuḥṣaṣṭipade iti gha.. 6 īśānādyāḥ śivapadā skandādyāḥ padikā iti gha.. 7 samañca sthāpane vāstuś catustriṃśacchataṃ bhavediti gha.. pustake 'dhikaḥ pāṭhaḥ / catuḥṣaṣṭipado brahmā ity ādiḥ, rajjuvaṃśādi pūrvavat ity antaḥ pāṭho ga.. pustake nāsti :p 299 khāte vāstoḥ samaṃ pṛṣṭhe(1) nyāse brahmaśilātmake
In the middle of a six-cornered, three-cornered, circular or other (figure) there should be a square. [Textual notes: kha, cha read 'Nāga and the rest occupy half a cell'; ga reads śatapade 'pi; kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cha read daśamaṃ sthāpane; ga reads 'one hundred twenty-four'; gha reads catuḥṣaṣṭipade; gha reads 'Īśāna and the rest have Śiva's squares, Skanda and the rest one square'; gha has the additional line 'and in even establishing the vāstu should be of one hundred thirty-four'; the passage from catuḥṣaṣṭipado brahmā to rajjuvaṃśādi pūrvavat is absent in ga. Page 299:] In the excavation, level with the back of the vāstu, in the placement that consists of Brahmā's slab—
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AgP 93.41
शाषाकस्य निवेशे च(२) मूर्तिसंस्थापने तथा पायसेन तु नैवेद्यं सर्वेषां वा प्रदापयेत्
śāṣākasya niveśe ca(2) mūrtisaṃsthāpane tathā pāyasena tu naivedyaṃ sarveṣāṃ vā pradāpayet
And at the setting of the śāṣāka (a stone or timber member), and likewise at the installation of the image, he should have the food-offering made with milk-rice—or (make it) for all (the deities).
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AgP 93.42
उक्तानुक्ते तु वै वास्तुः पञ्चहस्तप्रमाणतः गृहप्रासादमानेन वास्तुः श्रेष्ठस्तु सर्वदा(४)
uktānukte tu vai vāstuḥ pañcahastapramāṇataḥ gṛhaprāsādamānena vāstuḥ śreṣṭhastu sarvadā(4)
Whether stated or not stated, the vāstu is of the measure of five cubits; but by the measure of the house or the temple the vāstu is always best.
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