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Door direction by goal of life (the four puruṣārthas)

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Prāṇa relevance

Maps door-orientation to life-goals via the directional qualities; the door is the dwelling's intake aperture (cf. BS frm-dvara). Not a direct prāṇa-physiology claim. prana_relevance: via directional quality only.

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

Door Placement By FacingFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu

For the Sthapati-saying scheme, the main door should be in the NE quadrant for an east- or north-facing building, in the SE for a south-facing building, and in the NW for a west-facing building. Vāstu prefers fixing the front wall by its YONI (orientation with the directions), then computing a yoni that supports the preferred door. A nāma-rāśi alternative (footnote, p.296): owners whose name-sign is in the Guru Varga [Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces] should have east-facing homes / south-facing shops; those in the Śani Varga [Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius] west-facing homes / north-facing shops.

School PositionsFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu

{school: 'Sthapati, Some Glimpses of Science and Technology of Vāstu Śāstra (cited by Svoboda ch.11 p.284)', position: 'An EASTERN door gives happiness; a WESTERN door gives material prosperity (puṣṭi-vardhanam); a NORTHERN door gives wealth; a SOUTHERN door gives mokṣa (freedom from earthly bonds/tensions).', source: 'txt-glimpses-vastu-shastra (Sthapati, op. cit. p.147), via Svoboda ch.11', tag: MODERN}

Sources

txt-svoboda-vastuch. 6 'The Four Puruṣārthas' (PDF p.148–149)Traditional✓ verifieddoor-direction ↔ puruṣārtha saying (E=sukha/dharma, N=artha, W=kāma, S=mokṣa) + Sanskrit verse

Notes from other books

txt-svoboda-vastuSvoboda gives a SECOND door-direction-puruṣārtha saying in ch.11 (from Sthapati's compilation) that DIVERGES from the ch.6 'Traditional Vāstu saying' already on this rule. Added as a competing school_position so the divergence is graph-findable; flagged as a question. NOT reconciled (Principle 11 — capture, don't synthesize).

Other attributes

Rule Class: prescription
Statement: The direction a dwelling's door faces may be chosen by which goal of life (puruṣārtha) one most wishes to pursue: an EAST door gives sukha (best for following one's dharma); a NORTH door gives abundance/artha (material prosperity); a WEST door gives development/ kāma (desire-gratification, growth); a SOUTH door gives mokṣa (liberation, disengagement — useful for a retreat or hermitage, but the least productive for a worldly home).
Tag: TRADITIONAL
Conditions: Svoboda quotes a 'Traditional Vāstu saying' (Sanskrit: Prāg-dvāraṁ sukhadaṁ … yāmyañ ca mokṣadam) — claimed-classical: traditional Vāstu; no specific root text pinned.
Exceptions: A west-facing front door is cautioned against (it 'educates' the space toward endings over beginnings); a south door is climate-dependent (Svoboda rejects the dogmatic 'south is wholly inauspicious' position).

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