Zone / Roomstubschool: unknown· Bṛhat Saṁhitā

Sleeping room

śayana / nidrā-gṛha
zon-bedroom

Definition

The sleeping room; placed in the SOUTH in the Kiranakhya-tantra's eight-zone scheme (not in BS's own 53.118 four-zone scheme).
Classical

Prāṇa relevance

Sleep is the prana-restorative activity; pairs with rul-sleeping-orientation (head not N/W). Chain not yet traced.

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

Furniture Layout SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
Beds, bookshelves SW; electronic equipment SE; jewelry boxes / dressing table / safe on the N wall. Bed not between a window and a door (strong prāṇa-current through the sleeper).
Placement SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
⚑ Master bedroom best in the TAMASIC SOUTHWEST (Earth's stability + sleep is 'the quintessential tamasic activity'); some say the master bedroom should be on the HIGHEST level (the head-of-house as 'an eagle in its aerie'). NW bedrooms best for transient GUESTS; WESTERN bedrooms suggested for CHILDREN. SE bedrooms aggravate pitta (heat in mind/body); NE bedrooms make body/mind 'overly Watery' (emotional hypersensitivity, kapha diseases). Bedrooms may be anywhere EXCEPT NE or SE. Beds (heavy) along S or W sides, not touching walls (pranic circulation); head NOT aligned with any door/window; a shrine nook in the bedroom's NE corner.

Connections (2)

placed-in · 2
  • →dir-dakshinaClassical
  • →dir-nairrtyaModern
    Svoboda places the master bedroom in the tamasic SW to use the Earth Element's stability and promote sleep ('the quintessential tamasic activity'). NB this DIVERGES from the BS commentary scheme (Kiranakhya via Utpala on 53.118), which places the sleeping room in the SOUTH.

Sources

  • txt-utpala-vivrtion 53.118 (quoting Kiranakhya-tantra)Classical✓ verifiedbedroom south

Notes from other books

  • txt-svoboda-vastuSvoboda's bedroom doctrine is doṣa/guṇa-driven (SW=tamas/Earth promotes sleep; SE=pitta-heat; NE=kapha- wet). DIVERGES from the BS commentary's bedroom-SOUTH (Kiranakhya via Utpala). Sleep-orientation rules (head EAST best, SOUTH for deep sleep, never NORTH) are patched onto rul-sleeping-orientation / act-shayana below and compared to BS 53.124 there. The shrine-nook-in-NE and the śūla-over-the-bed link this zone to zon-worship-room and pra-shula.

Other attributes

Recommended Directions
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Grhadevata Note
House-deity type Siṁha assigned to the sleeping room [CLASSICAL — txt-utpala-vivrti]
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