Vāstu — the science of dwelling · door 6 of 10
Brahmasthāna and the marmas
The open heart of a house, and the points not to be struck
Match the sky
0 of 6 matchedTap one on the left, then its partner on the right.
Three questions to seal this door
1. The Brahmasthāna should be kept —
2. Marmas lie —
3. If the centre of your flat is a wall, the tradition's door is —
The rishi's scroll — read more, if you wish
The Brahmasthāna, the centre of the site, is Brahmā's place. The texts ask that it stay open and unburdened: no pillar, no wall, no heavy load, no pit. The courtyard at the heart of the traditional Indian house is this rule made into a home.
The texts also mark marmas, vital points of Vāstu Puruṣa's body, where the main lines of the grid cross. Varāhamihira teaches that striking them with a pillar, a nail or a joint brings harm to the householder; VEDAUM states that as the text's teaching. A builder's reading sits beside it: do not put structural stress on the crossings that organise the plan.
In a flat or a built house, the centre is often a wall or a room. That is common, and the tradition's door is simple: keep that area light, uncluttered and clean, and do not store heavy things there. Nothing needs to be broken.
The tables on this page are drawn from the same data VEDAUM reads charts with.