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Paramasāyikā (9×9, 81-pada grid)

परमसायिकाParamasāyikā

also: paramasayika, parama-sayika, 9x9-vastu-grid

man-paramasayika

Definition

The 9×9 (81-cell, 81-pada) Vāstu Puruṣa Maṇḍala under its CANONICAL SERIES NAME as Svoboda gives it ('the 9 × 9 is called Paramasāyikā'), reported from the Mayamata's 32-grid pada-vinyāsa. One of the two grids most suitable for residences, and 'usually preferred' — both for its alignment with the Nine Planets of Jyotiṣa and its resonance with the nine-digit numbering system. Minted UNDER THE RESERVED SERIES NAME (§6): this is the named-tradition entity; its identity with the Bṛhat Saṁhitā's descriptive 81-pada grid (man-vastu-81) is a CLAIM expressed by a corresponds-to edge, NOT a merge. [TRADITIONAL — claimed-classical: Mayamata, via Svoboda].
Traditional

Prāṇa relevance

The grid is the Vāstu Puruṣa's body and the prāṇa-channel network (its lines are his nāḍīs, its line- crossings his marmas — see pra-vastu-marma patch). Keeping the Brahma Sthāna (centre) and Paiśāca belt (rim) empty preserves prāṇa circulation. Same prāṇa-relevance as man-vastu-81; not independently re-traced.

Connections (2)

corresponds-to · 1
  • ↔81-pada plot scheme (Brihat Samhita)Traditional
    Svoboda names the 9×9 (81-cell) residential grid 'Paramasāyikā' (reported from the Mayamata's pada-vinyāsa); the Bṛhat Saṁhitā presents the same 9×9 81-pada plot scheme (man-vastu-81) WITHOUT naming it. Per schema §6 the identification of BS's descriptive 81-grid with the named-series Paramasāyikā is itself a CLAIM, expressed as a corresponds-to edge — NEVER a merge. This realises the reserved-name convention Q15 anticipated.
embodies · 1
  • →Vastu PurushaModern
    The Vāstu Puruṣa Maṇḍala IS the body of the Vāstu Puruṣa: Svoboda — 'The Vāstu Puruṣa lives within his Vāstu Puruṣa Maṇḍala' (PDF p.133); every cell symbolises an individual component (vessels/organs/joints), and his limbs (NE head, SE/NW knees-elbows, SW feet) indicate which space-portions suit which functions. The Paramasāyikā grid concretises/personifies him. (Parallel to Book-1's man-vastu-81 embodies dev-vastu-purusha.)

Sources

  • txt-svoboda-vastuch. 5 'Modern Maṇḍala' (PDF p.136)Traditional✓ verifiedthe 9×9 grid is named Paramasāyikā, usually preferred for residences; Brahma Sthāna = innermost 3×3 = 9 cells; aligns with the Nine Planets of Jyotiṣa
  • txt-mayamatapada-vinyāsa (reported by Svoboda)TraditionalunverifiedParamasāyikā among the 32 named pada-vinyāsa grids

Other attributes

Grid Size
9×9
Pada Count
81
Deity Layout
81 cells, each a deva/devatā ('a particularized expression of the One Consciousness'); the innermost 3×3 (9 cells, 11.1%) is the Brahma Sthāna (centre = bindu). Svoboda does NOT enumerate the 81 cell-deities in this chapter (refers to them generically); the deity-by-cell layout for the BS 81-grid lives on man-vastu-81 (BS 53.43–50). Vīthi belts (Brahma / Deva / Manuṣya / Paiśāca) overlay the grid — see zon-deva-vithi etc.
Canonical Application
Residences (preferred grid); facilitates alignment with the Nine Planets of Jyotiṣa; Brahma Sthāna + Paiśāca belt (≈50% of cells) kept vacant for prāṇa circulation. [MODERN — Svoboda for the rationale]
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