The Brahmasthana
The centre of the house belongs to Brahma: kept open, free of pillars, toilets and stairs, ideally a courtyard.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Vastu Shishya
- Vastu Shastra
- Keep it open
- The courtyard
A first look at the lesson
The Brahmasthana, the central padas, is the heart of the plot. The texts keep it open: no pillar, beam, toilet, staircase or heavy furniture on it.
Traditional Indian houses built round a central courtyard (the chatusshala, four wings round an open centre) kept the Brahmasthana open to the sky. In a flat, a clear, uncluttered central space serves the same purpose.
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More lessons on this subject
- The Vastu Purusha MandalaEvery plot is a grid of padas over the Vastu Purusha, head in the north-east, with Brahma at the centre.
- Disha: eight directions and their guardiansVastu begins with direction: eight dikpalas guard eight directions, each with its graha; Brahma holds the centre.
- Tilted plotsFew plots face true north; a plot turned by a large angle is read by its corners, not its sides.
- Pancha Bhuta: the five elements in a plotEarth, water, fire, air and space each have a zone; the rooms that use them belong there.
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