Principle / Ruledraft· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Effects of a well by direction (village/town/house)
rul-well-by-directionPrāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhita54.97–98Classical✓ verifiedwell-by-direction effects
Other attributes
- Rule Class
- effects-table
- Statement
- A well in certain quarters of a settlement (or house) carries ill effects; elsewhere it is auspicious (54.97).
- Effects Detail
- {"southeast":"constant fear and danger from fire","southwest":"infant mortality","northwest":"danger to women","other_quarters":"auspicious"}
- Cross Ref
- SE→fire echoes 53.119 (water in SE → śikhi-bhayam) and the 54.3 dikpala (Agni-SE). Behavioral fire–SE, third attestation. Utpala extends the rule to house-wells.
- Tag
- CLASSICAL