Brahmasthana
The centre of the plot, its central padas, which belong to Brahma. It is kept open, free of pillars, beams, toilets, stairs and heavy loads. Traditional houses left it as a courtyard; in a flat, a clear central space serves the same purpose.
- Vastu Shastra
- हिंदी: ब्रह्मस्थान
What is the rule behind Brahmasthana?
The Brahmasthana, the central padas, is kept open, free of pillars, beams, toilets, stairs and heavy loads; traditional houses left it as a courtyard.
Source: Mayamata and Manasara
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Related terms
- Vastu Purusha MandalaThe plot drawn as a grid of squares called padas: 64 (8 × 8) for temples or 81 (9 × 9) for houses. In the 81-pada mandala Brahma holds the nine central padas and 32 devatas guard the outer ring, 45 devatas in all.
- MarmaA sensitive point of the mandala, where its main lines cross. The texts ask that pillars, walls and heavy loads not fall on the marmas.
- Vastu PurushaThe being the texts describe lying face down on every plot, head in the north-east and feet in the south-west. The gods who hold him down each guard a part of the plot.
- BhumiThe plot itself, judged before anything is built: its shape (a square, or a rectangle up to about 1 : 2), its slope (lower to the north and east), its soil and its surroundings.
- Pancha BhutaThe five elements, each with its zone in a plot: water in the north-east, fire in the south-east, earth in the south-west, air in the north-west and space at the centre. A room belongs in the zone of the element it uses, such as the kitchen in the south-east.
- Vithi shoolaA road that runs straight into a plot. Vastu avoids it; roads on the north and east are preferred.
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What does Brahmasthana mean in Vastu Shastra?
The centre of the plot, its central padas, which belong to Brahma. It is kept open, free of pillars, beams, toilets, stairs and heavy loads. Traditional houses left it as a courtyard; in a flat, a clear central space serves the same purpose. The Brahmasthana, the central padas, is kept open, free of pillars, beams, toilets, stairs and heavy loads; traditional houses left it as a courtyard.
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