Activitystubschool: pan-indian· Bṛhat Saṁhitā

House entry (first occupation)

gṛhapraveśa
act-grihapravesha

Definition

Ceremonial first entry into the finished house (BS 53.125): flowers, arches, auspicious water-pots, worship of the site deities, Veda recitation.
Classical

Prāṇa relevance

Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.

Cross-book attributes (2) — fill / concur / diverge

Prana Aspect SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
⚑ Svoboda makes gṛha-praveśa (first entrance) the moment of 'the ARRIVAL OF PRĀṆA' in the structure: 'A newly completed structure is like a baby about to be born, with windows for its eyes, ears, and nostrils, and the front door for its mouth. Your first step into your new residence is like an infant's first breath, the beginning of an ongoing stream of inhalations and exhalations that will last the life of the dwelling.' Fills the BS act-grihapravesha record's `prana_relevance: not yet traced` with an explicit dwelling-breath physiology.
Ritual Options SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
may include garbha-nyāsa (a casket/coffer of precious metals and gems, offerings to the Nine Planets, buried on the property one evening/night); at minimum a rich feast for relatives/friends/neighbors (feeding people elicits their blessings); decorate before or after entering; careful placement of sacred objects (deity images) is an essential part of decorating.

Connections (2)

prerequisite-of · 1
  • ←Foundation/womb deposit (garbha-nyāsa — a Nine-Planet casket buried on the property)Traditional
    Svoboda presents garbha-nyasa (burying a casket of metals/gems offered to the Nine Planets) as a procedure that griha-pravesha 'can contain' (p.292) — a sub-rite performed within / as part of the first-entrance ceremony. Modeled as prerequisite-of (§4: ritual order); the deposit rite is an optional component step within the entry rite.
timed-by · 1
  • →Muhurta (auspicious time-unit)Classical
    BS 53.125 prescribes the rite; the muhurta/vara system (II) supplies the timing. Connects the Vastu block (Step 2) to the Jyotisha time-apparatus (Step 5).

Sources

Notes from other books

  • txt-svoboda-vastuSvoboda's gṛha-praveśa CONCURS with Book-1's BS act-grihapravesha (BS 53.125: flowers, arches, water-pots, worship of site-deities, Veda recitation) and EXTENDS it with the prāṇa-arrival framing (house-as-newborn, first-step-as-first-breath) and the garbha-nyāsa option (Nine-Planet casket). This is a cross-book corroboration of the SAME rite from two sources — flagged as a question, NOT asserted as a merge. The embedded garbha-nyāsa sub-rite is also minted as its own act- entity below.

Other attributes

Physiological Aspect
threshold-crossing rite; not physiologically specified in this chapter
Typical Zone
whole dwelling
Commentary Note
Utpala: only the deities of the diagram's CENTER are worshipped at entry, not the outer ones [CLASSICAL — txt-utpala-vivrti]; Hiranyagarbha adds deities external to the 45 [CLASSICAL — txt-utpala-vivrti; list garbled, Q26].
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