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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 9 · Vastu, Griha Pravesha
वास्तु गृहप्रवेशश्च
ताः पुनः षड्विधाः शालाः प्रत्येकं दशषड्विधाः ।ध्रुवं धान्यं जयं नंदं खरंः कांतं मनोरमम् ॥ ५८१ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 581.
Those halls are again of six kinds. Each has sixteen kinds. They are Dhruva, Dhanya, Jaya, Nanda, Khara, Kanta and Manorama.
Simple meaning: Halls come in six kinds, each with sixteen forms. Seven names are given here.
सुमुखं दुर्मुखं क्रूरं शत्रुं स्वर्णप्रदं क्षयम् ।
Nine more hall names are given. Vijaya is the sixteenth.
गृहाणि गणयेदेवं तेषां प्रस्तारभेदतः ।
The sixteen houses are counted with a table of long and short marks, built row by row.
एतेष्वेतानि शस्त्राणि स्वं स्थाप्यानि स्वदिक्ष्वपि ।
Seven of the eight direction points are named, each placed in its own direction.