Principle / Ruledraft· Svoboda — Vāstu
Site slope: southwest high, northeast low
rul-site-slope-sw-high-ne-lowPrāṇa relevance
⚑ Strong: slope is justified by PRĀṆA FLOW — gentle contours let prāṇa move gently; a sheer back-drop drains the house's prāṇa; SW-high/NE-low lets 'sattvic light and fresh, enthusiastic prāṇa stream in through the NE portal, flow up against the mountain of tamas in the SW, then lap at the other quadrants' (p.254). Prāṇa-circulation is made the master criterion over directional correctness.
Sources
- txt-svoboda-vastuch. 10 'Topography' (PDF p.254)Modern✓ verifiedSW-high/NE-low slope scheme; gentle-grade priority; prāṇa-cascade/back-elevation rationale; prāṇa-circulation as master criterion
- txt-brihat-samhita53.90 (via Svoboda footnote, PDF p.271)Traditionalunverifiedthe BS varṇa-slope theory Svoboda positions his rule against
Other attributes
- Rule Class
- prescription
- Statement
- The land Vāstu likes best (northern hemisphere) slopes from south (high) to north (low), west (high) to east (low), or SW (high) to NE (low) — so SW is the plot's highest point and NE its lowest. Slopes from SE or NW toward NE are permissible; authorities disagree on SW→SE or SW→NW slopes. Practically, a GENTLE GRADE matters more than slope direction: steep inclines cause erosion endangering the foundation, and a sheer drop behind a building lets the house's prāṇa 'cascade downwards and be lost'; failing SW-high, at least keep the highest elevation at the structure's back. 'If prāṇa, air, light and water circulate well… you'll find the energy to cope with… poor directionality. Lose all your prāṇa, though, and even abundant sattva will avail you little.'
- Tag
- MODERN
- School Positions
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- Divergence Note
- ⚑ Svoboda EXPLICITLY frames his SW-high/NE-low rule as 'one alternate to' the BS varṇa-slope theory, which he calls 'archaic' and caste-inspired. This is a direct Svoboda-vs-BS doctrinal divergence on slope — captured here as an intra-rule divergence (the same quantity, site-slope, with two attributed positions) AND surfaced as a cross-book question. The BS position is Book-1 rul-slope-by-varna (53.90); NO contradicts-edge is minted (the divergence is between authorities WITHIN this rule; §4.1), and no downstream edge depends on one alone. Reconciliation is Phase-3 synthesis, NOT done here.