Principle / Ruledraft· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Spacing between trees
rul-tree-spacingPrāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhita55.12–13Classical✓ verifiedspacing grades and crowding harm
Other attributes
- Rule Class
- prescription
- Statement
- Trees 20 cubits apart is best; 16 cubits moderate; 12 cubits inferior. Trees grown so close that their roots interlock are 'tortured' and do not fruit fully.
- Somatic Note
- BS uses affective/somatic language for crowded trees ('tortured') — part of ch. 55's treatment of trees as feeling, living bodies.
- Tag
- CLASSICAL