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Brihat Samhita

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पश्वाश्रमिणां अमितं धान्यऽयुधवह्निरतिगृहाणां च । नैच्छन्ति शास्त्रकारा हस्तशतादुच्छ्रितं परतः ॥ ५३-१६ ॥

No dimensions are prescribed for the houses of the cows, the Vānaprasthins, for granaries, for the arsenals, for fire and for sexual enjoyment. However, men learned in house-building are opposed to the breadth of these exceeding 100 cubits.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/53/17

सेनापतिनृपतीनां सप्ततिसहिते द्विधाकृते व्यासे । शाला चतुर्दशहृते पञ्चत्रिंशद्धृते अलिन्दः ॥ ५३-१७ ॥

dd 70 to the breadth (in cubits) of the house of the king or the commander and divide the sum by 14 and the same sum again by 35. The quotients will give the breadths of the inner verandah and of the outer verandah in front of the house door of the house of the king or the commander.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/53/18

हस्तद्वात्रिंशऽदिषु चतुश्चतुस्त्रित्रिकत्रिकाः शालाः । सप्तदशत्रितयतिथित्रयोदशकृताङ्गुलाभ्यधिकाः ॥ ५३-१८ ॥

In the case of the five sorts of houses of the four castes from the Brāhmaṇas downwards, the breadth of the inner verandahs shall respectively be 4 cubits 7 digits, 4 cubits 10 digits, 3 cubits 3 digits, 3 cubits 15 digits and 3 cubits 13 digits.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/53/19

त्रित्रिद्विद्विद्विसमाः क्षयक्रमादङ्गुलानि चएतेषाम् । व्येका विंशतिरष्टौ विंशतिरष्टादश त्रितयम् ॥ ५३-१९ ॥

The breadth of the outer verandah in front of the house door in the case of these five houses shall respectively be 3 cubits 19 digits, 3 cubits 8 digits, 2 cubits 20 digits, 2 cubits 18 digits, and 2 cubits 3 digits.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/53/20

शालात्रिभागतुल्या कर्तव्या वीथिका बहिर्भवनात् । यद्यग्रतो भवति सा सोष्णीषं नाम तद्वास्तु ॥ ५३-२० ॥

The breadth of the Vīthi around the house shall be one-third of the breadth of the inner verandah. If the Vīthikā be in front of the house, such house is known as Soṣṇīṣa.

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Chapter 53

Verses 21-25