Zone / Roomdraftschool: vastu· Svoboda — Vāstu
Paiśāca Vīthi — the goblin belt (kept empty)
पैशाच वीथिPaiśāca Vīthi
also: paisaca-vithi, goblin-belt, outer-belt, perimeter-belt
zon-paishaca-vithiDefinition
⚑ The OUTERMOST concentric belt of cells (the rim) of a Vāstu Maṇḍala — named for the piśāca, a flesh-eating evil spirit; it represents the unknown/unfamiliar/dangerous outside world. Its cells hold 'powerful untamed energies'. Vāstu advises keeping the Paiśāca Vīthi UNOCCUPIED — both to give prāṇa room to circulate and as a buffer against 'goblin' energy. In a room this means keeping furniture off the walls; for a house it is the open band of ground around the perimeter (between house and boundary wall); for a city a moat / green belt; for an estate a belt of trees and shrubbery. For a 9×9 grid it is the outer 32 cells (39.5%). [MODERN — Svoboda, on a TRADITIONAL vīthi scheme].
Traditional
Prāṇa relevance
⚑ Like the Brahma Sthāna, kept empty specifically to give prāṇa 'space in which to circulate' — the two deliberately-vacant rings (centre + rim) that bracket the occupied belts and together cover ≈50% of the 9×9 grid. The rim-emptiness is a direct prāṇa-circulation prescription.
Sources
- txt-svoboda-vastuch. 5 'Vīthis' / 'Modern Maṇḍala' (PDF pp.138–139)Traditional✓ verifiedthe Paiśāca Vīthi is the outermost belt, kept unoccupied for prāṇa circulation and as a buffer against the goblin energy of the outside world; outer 32 cells of a 9×9 grid (39.5%); keep furniture off the walls
Other attributes
- Function
- outermost belt; KEPT UNOCCUPIED for prāṇa circulation and as a buffer; the guest/stranger interception zone (front gate, veranda, parlor)