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Maṇḍūkapada (8×8, 64-pada grid)

मण्डूकपदMaṇḍūkapada

also: manduka, mandukapada, manduka-pada, 8x8-vastu-grid

man-manduka

Definition

The 8×8 (64-cell, 64-pada) Vāstu Puruṣa Maṇḍala under its CANONICAL SERIES NAME as Svoboda gives it ('the 8 × 8 grid is given the special name Maṇḍūkapada'), reported from the Mayamata's pada-vinyāsa. One of the two residential grids; the 9×9 Paramasāyikā is usually preferred over it. Minted UNDER THE RESERVED SERIES NAME (§6); its identity with the Bṛhat Saṁhitā's descriptive 64-pada grid (man-vastu-64) is a CLAIM expressed by a corresponds-to edge, NOT a merge. [TRADITIONAL — claimed-classical: Mayamata, via Svoboda].
Traditional

Prāṇa relevance

As man-vastu-64 — the House-God's body in a coarser 64-part partition; centre 2×2 kept as Brahma Sthāna for prāṇa. Not independently re-traced.

Connections (1)

corresponds-to · 1
  • ↔64-pada plot scheme (Brihat Samhita)Traditional
    Svoboda names the 8×8 (64-cell) residential grid 'Maṇḍūkapada' (reported from the Mayamata); BS 53.55–56 presents the same 8×8 64-pada grid (man-vastu-64) without naming it. §6: identity is a claim → corresponds-to edge, not a merge.

Sources

  • txt-svoboda-vastuch. 5 'Modern Maṇḍala' (PDF p.136)Traditional✓ verifiedthe 8×8 grid is named Maṇḍūkapada, a suitable residential grid; Brahma Sthāna = innermost 2×2 = 4 cells
  • txt-mayamatapada-vinyāsa (reported by Svoboda)TraditionalunverifiedMaṇḍūkapada among the 32 named pada-vinyāsa grids

Other attributes

Grid Size
8×8
Pada Count
64
Deity Layout
64 cells; the innermost 2×2 (4 cells) is the Brahma Sthāna. Svoboda gives no cell-by-cell deity list here; the BS 64-grid's deity redistribution lives on man-vastu-64 (BS 53.55–56).
Canonical Application
Residences (one of two suitable grids; less preferred than the 9×9). [MODERN — Svoboda]
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