Principle / Ruledraft· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Height equals breadth; single-hall length doubles breadth
rul-height-breadth-parityPrāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Connections (1)
contradicts · 1
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhita53.11Classical✓ verifiedparity and single-hall rule
Other attributes
- Rule Class
- prescription
- Statement
- It is auspicious for a house's height to equal its breadth; a single-halled house's length should be twice its breadth.
- Tag
- CLASSICAL
- Conflict Note
- Apparent conflict with rul-max-height-100-hasta raised by critics and dissolved by Utpala via the storey-height rule (see cnx-0012).
- Commentary Addendum
- Per Shakra (quoted by Utpala), breadth must not exceed length in a single-hall house; if it does, Gautama calls such houses utsarga — not built for the varnas, not conducive to longevity, acceptable only in straw [CLASSICAL — txt-utpala-vivrti].
- Tag Addendum
- CLASSICAL (commentary)