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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 9 · Vastu, Griha Pravesha
वास्तु गृहप्रवेशश्च
ये कंटका दुग्धवृक्षा वृक्षाश्वत्थकपित्थकाः ।अगस्तिसिंधुवालाख्यतिंतिडीकाश्च निंदिताः ॥ ५९१ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 591.
Also condemned are thorny trees and milk-sap trees, the peepal and the wood apple, agasti, sindhuvara and tamarind.
Simple meaning: Thorny trees, milk-sap trees, peepal, wood apple and tamarind are to be avoided.
पित्तवाग्रजदेहस्यात्पश्चिमे दक्षिणे तया ।
Houses should have an even number of posts and pillars.
नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं कुड्योत्सेधं यथारुचि ।
Make walls neither too tall nor too low. Use the same thinking for upper floors.
गृहादीनां गृहश्रावं क्रमशोऽष्टविधं स्मृतम् ।
Roof slopes come in eight kinds, named after lands. Four are named here.