The Calcutta Oriental Journal February 1935

KOKILESWARA SASTRI" Vastu-Vidya CHAPTER VI [SECTION I: The lay-out of the A arta.] Now then shall I state the characteristics of the Arikarja.' Arikava must have the Dhvajayone and be accompanied' by the Mukhyarna.4 (1) 'What lies outside the Padukali is the wise term Arikarja; and the Dhvaja the Seistras lay down is good' everywhere. [...] (3) 8. From the textual point of view the following deserves to be noted; the tat in the text as it stands has to be taken as referring to the dhvajayani.and this would mean that the introduction of the Illukhäydma is made with a view to give the courtyard the required Yoni. [...] The second method is to divide the perimeter equally into two parts and to add to any part any of the divisions mentioned above in the verse and divide the whole by two and the quotient will be the dirgha of the courtyard.. [...] As a matter of fact a convention is found obtaining of getting over the 8-ritrovedho by boring laillks in tht walls to allow the passage of the &atm the size of the hole being dependent upon the size of the ')`iitra. [...] The meeting of the Rajjus in the middle of the pada is void of all evils.' (17) These various points of the Viistu the wise man should not oppress in building a house.