Where Rooms Belong, & What the Sources Say

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a bedroom.
• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: north walls take the least solar radiation of any orientation (ω 0.550 at 23.5°N and above, 0.659 below): the least heat gain for a room occupied for long hours in a warm or hot climate.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east of south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid prolonged sitting or sleeping.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-east · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for bedrooms.

Supports the engine

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa, the editor's supplement to 2.94–97 note to 2.94–97 · class B — reads it as favoured: the bedroom (śayanagṛha) in the south.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for bedrooms.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid sleeping or long working hours.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-west · class E — reads it as favoured: ideal for the master bedroom; heavy storage.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a pooja room or a bedroom.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of north-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid sleeping here.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north of north-west · class E — reads it as favoured: ideal for a bedroom.

Noted, neither way

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.97 · class A — reads it as note: vāyavyottarayor madhye ratigeham — a room for love (the editor: recreation) between the north-west and the north; not mapped to a room type.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a bedroom.
• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: north walls take the least solar radiation of any orientation (ω 0.550 at 23.5°N and above, 0.659 below): the least heat gain for a room occupied for long hours in a warm or hot climate.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east of south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid prolonged sitting or sleeping.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-east · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for bedrooms.

Reads it differently

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa, the editor's supplement to 2.94–97 note to 2.94–97 · class B — reads it as favoured: the bedroom (śayanagṛha) in the south.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for bedrooms.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid sleeping or long working hours.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of south-west · class E — reads it as favoured: ideal for study or a children's room.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a pooja room or a bedroom.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of north-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid sleeping here.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north of north-west · class E — reads it as favoured: ideal for a bedroom.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a bedroom.
• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: north walls take the least solar radiation of any orientation (ω 0.550 at 23.5°N and above, 0.659 below): the least heat gain for a room occupied for long hours in a warm or hot climate.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east of south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid prolonged sitting or sleeping.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-east · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for bedrooms.

Reads it differently

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa, the editor's supplement to 2.94–97 note to 2.94–97 · class B — reads it as favoured: the bedroom (śayanagṛha) in the south.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for bedrooms.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid sleeping or long working hours.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a pooja room or a bedroom.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of north-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid sleeping here.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north of north-west · class E — reads it as favoured: ideal for a bedroom.

Supports the engine

• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: north walls take the least solar radiation of any orientation (ω 0.550 at 23.5°N and above, 0.659 below): the least heat gain for a room occupied for long hours in a warm or hot climate.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east · class E — reads it as favoured: living areas and spaces for interaction.

Reads it differently

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.35 · class A — reads it as favoured: tatraivāpi ca bhuktisadma … cāpāṃpatau — the dining hall in the kitchen's places or in Varuṇa's west.

Supports the engine

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.35 · class A — reads it as favoured: tatraivāpi ca bhuktisadma … cāpāṃpatau — the dining hall in the kitchen's places or in Varuṇa's west.

Supports the engine

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa, the editor's supplement to 2.94–97 note to 2.94–97 · class B — reads it as favoured: the dining room (bhojanagṛha) in the west.
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.35 · class A — reads it as favoured: tatraivāpi ca bhuktisadma … cāpāṃpatau — the dining hall in the kitchen's places or in Varuṇa's west.

Supports the engine

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.35 · class A — reads it as favoured: tatraivāpi ca bhuktisadma … cāpāṃpatau — the dining hall in the kitchen's places or in Varuṇa's west.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets and kitchens.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilet or kitchen.

Reads it differently

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.35 · class A — reads it as favoured: parjanye pacanālayaṃ śikhini vā … anile — the kitchen in the pada of Parjanya, of Śikhin (Agni) or of Anila (Vāyu); read here as the east-north-east, the south-east and the north-west.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.116 · class A — reads it as favoured: mahānasaṃ … āgneyyām — the kitchen in the south-east.
• Matsya Purāṇa 256.33 · class A — reads it as favoured: the kitchen in the south-east corner.
• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.94 · class A — reads it as favoured: āgneyyāṃ pākasadanam — the kitchen in the south-east.
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.35 · class A — reads it as favoured: parjanye pacanālayaṃ śikhini vā … anile — the kitchen in the pada of Parjanya, of Śikhin (Agni) or of Anila (Vāyu); read here as the east-north-east, the south-east and the north-west.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-east · class E — reads it as favoured: best for the kitchen; electrical equipment.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilet and kitchen.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid a toilet (the direction's text) or a kitchen (the page's table).

Supports the engine

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.35 · class A — reads it as favoured: parjanye pacanālayaṃ śikhini vā … anile — the kitchen in the pada of Parjanya, of Śikhin (Agni) or of Anila (Vāyu); read here as the east-north-east, the south-east and the north-west.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north of north-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid a toilet, kitchen or septic tank.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north of north-east · class E — reads it as favoured: medicine storage or a puja room.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.116 · class A — reads it as favoured: aiśānyāṃ devagṛham — the shrine in the north-east (Sastri–Bhat 53.118: 'the chamber of worship').
• Matsya Purāṇa 256.33 · class A — reads it as favoured: the place of worship in the north-east corner of the house.
• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.94 · class A — reads it as favoured: īśānyāṃ devatāgeham — the shrine in the north-east.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north-east · class E — reads it as favoured: ideal for pooja or meditation.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a pooja room or a bedroom.

Supports the engine

• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: north walls take the least solar radiation of any orientation (ω 0.550 at 23.5°N and above, 0.659 below): the least heat gain for a room occupied for long hours in a warm or hot climate.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east of south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid prolonged sitting or sleeping.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid sleeping or long working hours.

Supports the engine

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.96 · class A — reads it as favoured: nairṛtyāmbupayor madhye vidyābhyāsasya mandiram — the room for study between the south-west and the west.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of south-west · class E — reads it as favoured: ideal for study or a children's room.

Supports the engine

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.94 · class A — reads it as favoured: bhaṇḍārāgāram uttare — the storehouse in the north; the editor's diagram glosses it kośāgāra, the treasury.
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.32 · class A — reads it as favoured: dhanālayaṃ dhanapatau prācyāṃ tathāpāṃpatau — the treasury in Kubera's north, in the east, or in Varuṇa's west.

Supports the engine

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.32 · class A — reads it as favoured: dhanālayaṃ dhanapatau prācyāṃ tathāpāṃpatau — the treasury in Kubera's north, in the east, or in Varuṇa's west.

Supports the engine

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.32 · class A — reads it as favoured: dhanālayaṃ dhanapatau prācyāṃ tathāpāṃpatau — the treasury in Kubera's north, in the east, or in Varuṇa's west.

Reads it differently

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.116 · class A — reads it as favoured: arthadhānyāni mārutyām — wealth and grain in the north-west (Sastri–Bhat: 'the treasure-room and granary').
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north-west · class E — reads it as favoured: storage of documents, valuables and finished goods.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets and kitchens.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north of north-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilet or kitchen.

Noted, neither way

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east of north-east · class E — reads it as note: suitable for a shower or bathing area — a bath, not a WC.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets.

Noted, neither way

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.94 · class A — reads it as note: pūrvasyāṃ snānamandiram — the bath in the east. The text keeps the latrine apart (2.96), so this is not read as a place for the engine's toilet.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east of south-east · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for toilets.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets or water elements.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets and underground water storage.

Supports the engine

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.96 · class A — reads it as favoured: yāmya-nairṛtyayor madhye purīṣatyāgamandiram — the latrine between the south and the south-west.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-west · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for toilets.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilet and kitchen.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid a toilet (the direction's text) or a kitchen (the page's table).

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of north-west · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a toilet or septic tank.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north of north-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid a toilet, kitchen or septic tank.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.64 · class A — reads it as avoided: sukham icchan brahmāṇaṃ yatnād rakṣed gṛhī gṛhāntaḥstham — keep Brahmā within the house free of pollution (ucchiṣṭa).

Supports the engine

• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: south-west and west walls take among the most solar radiation (ω 1.124–1.202): a store, stair or utility room there shields the rooms people live in from afternoon heat in a warm or hot climate.

Supports the engine

• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: south-west and west walls take among the most solar radiation (ω 1.124–1.202): a store, stair or utility room there shields the rooms people live in from afternoon heat in a warm or hot climate.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.57–58, 52.62 · class A — reads it as avoided: vessels, pegs and pillars (bhāṇḍa, kīla, stambha) must not press on a marma, and the centre is where the vaṃśa lines cross — read here as a tank (a vessel) and a stair (its posts).
• Mayamata 7.54–55 · class A — reads it as avoided: vastumadhye tu marmāṇi … tasyāṅgāni gṛhāṅgaiś ca vidvān naivopapīḍayet — the marmas lie at the centre; do not press them with the members of the house.

Reads it differently

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.94 · class A — reads it as favoured: bhaṇḍārāgāram uttare — the storehouse in the north.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east of north-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid store rooms or heavy storage.

Reads it differently

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa, the editor's supplement to 2.94–97 note to 2.94–97 · class B — reads it as favoured: a store of all goods (sarvavastu-bhaṇḍāra) between the north-east and the east.

Supports the engine

• Viśvakarma Prakāśa 2.95 · class A — reads it as favoured: agni-preteśayor madhye ājyageham — the ghee store between the south-east and the south.

Reads it differently

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.32 · class A — reads it as favoured: kārtāntyāṃ khalasadma dhānyabhavanam — the store for farm produce and the granary in the south.

Reads it differently

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.116 · class A — reads it as favoured: nairṛtyāṃ bhāṇḍopaskaraḥ — vessels and household stores in the south-west (Sastri–Bhat: 'the store-room').
• Matsya Purāṇa 256.34 · class A — reads it as favoured: the general store of the household in the south-west.
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.32 · class A — reads it as favoured: tatrāpi vā nairṛte — or the granary in the south-west.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-west · class E — reads it as favoured: ideal for the master bedroom; heavy storage.
• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: south-west and west walls take among the most solar radiation (ω 1.124–1.202): a store, stair or utility room there shields the rooms people live in from afternoon heat in a warm or hot climate.

Reads it differently

• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: south-west and west walls take among the most solar radiation (ω 1.124–1.202): a store, stair or utility room there shields the rooms people live in from afternoon heat in a warm or hot climate.

Reads it differently

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.116 · class A — reads it as favoured: arthadhānyāni mārutyām — the grain store in the north-west.
• Matsya Purāṇa 256.35 · class A — reads it as favoured: the granary in the north-west corner.
• Viśvakarma Prakāśa, the editor's supplement to 2.94–97 note to 2.94–97 · class B — reads it as favoured: the granary (dhānyāgāra) in the north-west.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north-west · class E — reads it as favoured: storage of documents, valuables and finished goods.

Reads it differently

• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: north walls take the least solar radiation of any orientation (ω 0.550 at 23.5°N and above, 0.659 below): the least heat gain for a room occupied for long hours in a warm or hot climate.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' east of south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid prolonged sitting or sleeping.

Reads it differently

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south of south-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid sleeping or long working hours.

Reads it differently

• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: south-west and west walls take among the most solar radiation (ω 1.124–1.202): a store, stair or utility room there shields the rooms people live in from afternoon heat in a warm or hot climate.

Reads it differently

• Eco-Niwas Samhita 2024 (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) §9.8, Table 49 · class D — reads it as favoured: south-west and west walls take among the most solar radiation (ω 1.124–1.202): a store, stair or utility room there shields the rooms people live in from afternoon heat in a warm or hot climate.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.117 · class A — reads it as favoured: prācyādisthe salile … — water to the north and the north-east is read favourably (the verse's last clause, which Sastri–Bhat 53.119 distributes over the two).
• Matsya Purāṇa 256.34 · class A — reads it as favoured: the water store close to the north.
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.37 · class A — reads it as favoured: evaṃ taṭākaṃ hitaṃ māhendre ca mahīdhare ca vāruṇe some śive — a tank is beneficial in the padas of Mahendra (east), Mahīdhara and Soma (north), Varuṇa (west) and Śiva (north-east).
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north · class E — reads it as favoured: water features.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.117 · class A — reads it as favoured: prācyādisthe salile … — water to the north and the north-east is read favourably (the verse's last clause, which Sastri–Bhat 53.119 distributes over the two).
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.36 · class A — reads it as favoured: āpe kūpam athāpavatsakapade … apāṃpatau tu śubhadam — a well in the padas of Āpa and Āpavatsa (the inner north-east) or of Varuṇa (the west).
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.37 · class A — reads it as favoured: evaṃ taṭākaṃ hitaṃ māhendre ca mahīdhare ca vāruṇe some śive — a tank is beneficial in the padas of Mahendra (east), Mahīdhara and Soma (north), Varuṇa (west) and Śiva (north-east).

Supports the engine

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.37 · class A — reads it as favoured: evaṃ taṭākaṃ hitaṃ māhendre ca mahīdhare ca vāruṇe some śive — a tank is beneficial in the padas of Mahendra (east), Mahīdhara and Soma (north), Varuṇa (west) and Śiva (north-east).

Reads it differently

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.117 · class A — reads it as avoided: prācyādisthe salile … — water to the east, south-east, south, south-west, west and north-west is read unfavourably; the verse's stated outcomes are not repeated here.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.117 · class A — reads it as avoided: prācyādisthe salile … — water to the east, south-east, south, south-west, west and north-west is read unfavourably; the verse's stated outcomes are not repeated here.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets or water elements.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.117 · class A — reads it as avoided: prācyādisthe salile … — water to the east, south-east, south, south-west, west and north-west is read unfavourably; the verse's stated outcomes are not repeated here.
• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets and underground water storage.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.117 · class A — reads it as avoided: prācyādisthe salile … — water to the east, south-east, south, south-west, west and north-west is read unfavourably; the verse's stated outcomes are not repeated here.

Reads it differently

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.37 · class A — reads it as permitted: vāyau vā nirṛtau ca dṛṣṭam — in the north-west or the south-west only for a particular reason.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.117 · class A — reads it as avoided: prācyādisthe salile … — water to the east, south-east, south, south-west, west and north-west is read unfavourably; the verse's stated outcomes are not repeated here.

Reads it differently

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.36 · class A — reads it as favoured: āpe kūpam athāpavatsakapade … apāṃpatau tu śubhadam — a well in the padas of Āpa and Āpavatsa (the inner north-east) or of Varuṇa (the west).
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.37 · class A — reads it as favoured: evaṃ taṭākaṃ hitaṃ māhendre ca mahīdhare ca vāruṇe some śive — a tank is beneficial in the padas of Mahendra (east), Mahīdhara and Soma (north), Varuṇa (west) and Śiva (north-east).

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.117 · class A — reads it as avoided: prācyādisthe salile … — water to the east, south-east, south, south-west, west and north-west is read unfavourably; the verse's stated outcomes are not repeated here.
• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.36 · class A — reads it as avoided: … mārute — a well in the north-west (Māruta's quarter) is read unfavourably.

Reads it differently

• Manuṣyālaya Candrikā (Kerala) 7.37 · class A — reads it as permitted: vāyau vā nirṛtau ca dṛṣṭam — in the north-west or the south-west only for a particular reason.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-east · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid toilets or water elements.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.57–58, 52.62 · class A — reads it as avoided: vessels, pegs and pillars (bhāṇḍa, kīla, stambha) must not press on a marma, and the centre is where the vaṃśa lines cross — read here as a tank (a vessel) and a stair (its posts).

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' west of north-west · class E — reads it as favoured: suitable for a toilet or septic tank.

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' north of north-west · class E — reads it as avoided: avoid a toilet, kitchen or septic tank.

Supports the engine

• Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira 52.64 · class A — reads it as avoided: sukham icchan brahmāṇaṃ yatnād rakṣed gṛhī gṛhāntaḥstham — keep Brahmā within the house free of pollution (ucchiṣṭa).

Supports the engine

• Anant Vastu, 'Vastu directions' south-east · class E — reads it as favoured: best for the kitchen; electrical equipment.