Untimely Deaths and depth and open space in North East direction

 

Untimely Deaths and depth and open space in North East direction

The open space or Courtyard in North East is a very common practice and often the most commonly misunderstood dictum in sthāpatya. It is believed that leaving open space in NE will lead to prosperity. The coining of this is dependent on the concept that NE belongs to Jupiter. At practical level and as well as Śastra level, we have found it to be completely false. In fact the rules in manuscripts are quite opposite to what is believed and they are true as well.

In recent observation a lane where all the houses are built facing NE and where each house has open space in front, we have discovered that majority of them are suffering from untimely deaths. It is very uncommon that five amongst the thirteen houses have seen suicides and the rest have seen deaths through heart attacks and accidents.

See, what the sastras say about this

प्रागङकणं प्रधानस्यात प्रागवागङकणे ज्वर: |

दक्षिणे जयदं राज्ञां नैरृते रिपुवर्धनं ||
प्रतीच्यां पुत्रमित्रर्धि: पश्चिमोत्तरतो मृति: |

उदीच्यां कोशवृद्धिस्सयादीशाने मरणं धृवम ||

Meaning: The courtyard placed in the east is the primary one. The courtyard designed in the south-east will cause mental pain and other ailments; designed in the south will yield victory for the king; designed in the south-west will result in the growth and increase of enemies; designed in the west will give prosperity for the descendants and relatives; designed in the north-west will increase enmity; designed in the north will result in the continued increase of treasure and designed in the north-east is sure to inflict death.

Our Śastra are pretty much clear about open spaces or courtyards in NE. The wrong assumptions are devised by insufficient knowledge of the sastras. This is what happens when assumptions become knowledge. It is high time that we check each and every assumption before it becomes a theory circulating everywhere.