Zone / Roomstubschool: unknown· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Dining hall
bhojana-śālā
zon-diningDefinition
The eating hall; placed WEST in the Kiranakhya scheme.
Classical
Prāṇa relevance
Eating = intake stage of the food→prana chain; placement claim is commentary-layer. Not yet traced further.
Cross-book attributes (1) — fill / concur / diverge
Placement SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
Any of the CARDINAL directions, but most commentators suggest the WEST ('a desirably Saturnian dimension to the act of eating'); location 'less important than self-control during meals'. Banish TV/radio; observe silence while eating; a hanging light over the table's centre is tolerable (not a śūla, being away from head/heart).Connections (1)
placed-in · 1
- Svoboda: the dining room may be any cardinal, but most commentators prefer the WEST, lending 'a desirably Saturnian dimension to the act of eating'. (Svoboda does not himself cite Kiranakhya/Utpala; the cross-reference is ours: BS's commentary scheme via Utpala also places the dining hall in the WEST - a concurrence.)
Sources
- txt-utpala-vivrtion 53.118Classical✓ verifieddining west
Notes from other books
- txt-svoboda-vastuSvoboda's dining-WEST (Saturn) CONCURS with the BS commentary's dining-WEST (Kiranakhya/Utpala). The substantive content is the Ayurvedic EATING rules (face east; right-nostril breath enkindles digestive fire) — captured as act-eating + pra-nadi-svara below, the prāṇa-spine of this room.
Other attributes
- Recommended Directions
- [{"direction":"dir-paschima","school":"unknown","tag":"CLASSICAL","locus":"Kiranakhya via Utpala on 53.118"}]
- Grhadevata Note
- House-deity type Vṛṣa assigned to the dining hall [CLASSICAL — txt-utpala-vivrti]