Candra-vedha
Candra-vedha · candra-vedha, “a vāstu term of the layout of a śibira”
Grammar: masculine noun, a term of vāstu (the science of building).
Meaning: a part of the layout of a śibira, the royal enclosure, named in the building of Dvārakā. The Purāṇa does not explain the word.
In the scriptures: when Śrī Kṛshṇa had the city of Dvārakā built, he told Viśvakarmā what to build: a śibira with moats and high walls, with twelve halls and a lion gate, with variegated doors, without forbidden trees and with the wood of approved trees. He also ordered “a well-formed candra-vedha, and also a courtyard”, a divine āśrama for the Yadus and āśramas for the servants (Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 103).
Later, in his teaching on candra-vedha, sūrya-vedha, tulasī and flowers, Śrī Kṛshṇa says that in a śibira a candra-vedha that is square is auspicious (maṅgalakārī) (Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 103).
Source: Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 103
Related terms: Sūrya-vedha · Śibira · Vāstu
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 103