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[Full title: Features of houses for the four classes (肠补迟耻谤驳峁沨补-惫颈诲丑腻苍补) (2) Layout programme (驳峁沨补惫颈苍测腻蝉补)]

The boundary line of these aforementioned buildings must be drawn by 蝉墨尘腻蝉奴迟谤补 or 辫补谤箩补苍迟补蝉奴迟谤补. It is prescribed that the rectangular or square shaped site should be divided into sixty-four pada or squares. To create these sixty-four pada, six rajju (rope), eight 蝉颈谤腻 (vessel, vein), and four 惫补峁僺补 can be drawn as their intersections, since the vulnerable points (惭补谤尘补蝉迟腻苍补) on the side that should be avoided carefully.

Chapter nine of the Mayamata i.e 骋谤腻尘补惫颈苍测腻蝉补 indicates the places in the building that should be avoided. These include the heart, bones of the 惫腻蝉迟耻辫耻谤耻艣补, the stakes, lines of the diagram, their intersections, the diagonals, and parallels., These places are called vulnerable points (尘补谤尘补蝉迟丑腻苍补) of a building. This significant topic is discussed in several other texts of 惫腻蝉迟耻艣腻蝉迟谤补. The text 痴腻蝉迟耻惫颈诲测腻 states that the lines that make the diagram are called 苍腻岣峣 (literally known as vassal, vein, and artery). These 苍腻诲颈蝉 should be drawn from the north side to the south, where 惫补峁兣浤� (cane, beam, or bone) should be arranged from east to west in a parallel order. From the two diagonals, each can get four parallels in the eighty-one 辫补诲补惫腻蝉迟耻, and it gets two parallels when the diagram comprises sixty-four pada. This text of architecture refers to the intersection points of the diagram, lines, diagonals, and parallels as vulnerable points of the building. 

Maya says that:

h峁沝aye va峁兣沘sth膩ne 艣奴le s奴tre ca sandhau ca |
kar峁嘺蝉颈谤腻y膩峁� 峁�a峁璳e nokt膩nyamar膩lay膩d墨ni || (Mayamata 7.86)

[鈥淭hese are the six places where there should be no temples or buildings of that kind: the heart (of the diagrame), their intersections and diagonals (and) parallels.鈥漖^[1]

Maya does not clarify the making process of sixty-four square diagrams. It is mentioned that to make this sixty-four diagram six rajjus, four 痴补峁兣沘蝉 and eight 蝉颈谤腻s are required though it is not clear, how these measurements units will make the diagram. 

It is stated that a learned sthapati should always carefully avoid the vulnerable points; otherwise, it would cause total damage of the building.

marma艣奴la峁� ca yatnena varjayet v膩stukovida岣� |
s奴tr膩d墨n膩峁� g峁沨膩峁単ai艣ca 辫墨岣嵞� cet sarvan膩艣ana峁� || (Mayamata 27.17 )

Indeed, the vulnerable points, especially the heart of the 惫腻蝉迟耻辫耻谤耻峁�a, are typically positioned near the candle of the construction. Pillars or other constructions at that location can disrupt the proper orientation of the building. According to principles in 惫腻蝉迟耻艣腻蝉迟谤补 this disruption can affect the flow of energy and harmony within the structure.

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[1]:

B. Dagens, Mayamata, vol.1. p-79