EXPLAINTHEAAYADIFORMULAE?

Aayadiconstitutessixformulae Aaya,Vyaya,Yoni,Raksha,VaraandTithi whichareexplainedbelow.Theremainder

obtainedbyusingtheseformulaedetermineswhetheritisagainorloss.Ifitisagain,thenthestructureisproportionateand
stableandthedimensionsareright.Howeverifitisaloss,thenitmeansthedimensionsarenotrightandshouldbesuitably
corrected.
1. YoniistheremainderofBreadthx3dividedby8
2. VyaayaistheremainderofBreadthx9dividedby10
3. AayaistheremainderofLengthx8dividedby12
4. RakshaistheremainderofLengthx8dividedby27
5. VaraistheremainderofHeightx9dividedby7
6. TithiistheremainderofHeightx9dividedby30
7.
HOW DOES ONE FIX/CHECK THE DIMENSIONS OF A BUILDING USING THE AAYADI
FORMULAE?
OnecanusetheAayadiformulaetocheckwhetherthelength,breadthandheightoftheproposedbuildingareinproportion.
Accordingly,thedimensionsofthelength,breadthorheightcanbecorrected.

BREADTH:TheYoniandVyayaformulaeareusedforfixingthebreadthofthebuilding.Iftheremainderobtainedinthe
Yoniformulaisanoddnumber,thenitisgoodwhereasifitiseven,thenitisconsideredbadYoni.1,3,5and7remaindersare
consideredgoodYoniandassociatedwiththedirectionsEast,South,WestandNorth,respectively.Thereforedependingonthe
directionthebuildingfaces,thecorrespondingYonishouldbeusedtofixthebreadthofthebuilding/rooms.Also,theYoniof
thefirstfloorshouldbethesameastheYoniofthegroundfloor.Whenanoldhouseisbeingrenovated,thenanewYoni
differentfromtheYonioftheoldhouseshouldbeusedfortherenovatedhouse.

LENGTH: Aaya, Vyaya and Raksha formuale are used to fix the Length of the building/rooms. Aaya also known as
Aadhayam,meansincomeandVyayameanslossorexpenditure.Therefore,theAayashouldalwaysbegreaterthanthe
Vyaya. Using the Aayadi formulae it has been concluded that for the Aaya to be more than the Vyaya the length of
rooms/buildingshouldpreferrablybe1.5timesthebreadthoratleast1.375timesthewidth.Thisiswhywefindthatsitesare
generallynotsquarebutrectangularwithaLength1.3751.5timestheBreadth.Forexample:Siteshavedimensionsof40x
60,30x40and50x80.

ORIENTATION:The Yoni formuladefiningthebreadthmeasurementisusefulforbuildingsthatarenotorientedtothe

cardinaldirections.VastuShastraclearlyemphasizestheimportanceoforientingthebuildingstothefourcardinaldirections
(North,East,SouthorWest).Asfaraspossible,buildingsshouldnotbeorientedtotheintermediatedirections.Butinrare
situations,ifthesitefacesanintermediatedirection,the1Yonishouldbeusedforfixingthebreadthofthebuilding.
The Scientific Reasoning The ancients were aware of the power of monsoon winds and other energies (physical and
metaphysical)onstructures.Scientifically,itwasseenthatifthe4facesofthebuildingswereorientedtowardsthecardinal
directions,theycouldwithstandtheimpactoftheseenergiesandalsobenefitfromthem.Infactmostreligiousbuildings,
palaces,cities,villagesandroadsofancientIndiaandmanyotherpartsoftheworldhavebeenfoundtofacethecardinal
directions.Examples:theGizaandGreatpyramidsofEgyptareallorientedtotheNorth.Soifitwas notpossibletoorienta
buildingtothecardinaldirections,itwasimportantthatthedimensionsofthebuildingshouldbesuchthatitcanwithstandthe
forcesofnature.ThisiswheretheYoni(Breadth)calculationwasuseful.

HEIGHT:TheheightofthebuildingcanbefixedusingtheVaraandTithiformulae.Theheightofthefirstfloorshouldnot
bemorethanthatoftheGroundfloor.Forarrivingattherightheightofabuilding,theProportionshouldalsobeconsidered.
ThishasalreadybeenexplainedinthepostVastuPrincipleMaanaProportion.

WHY WAS IT NECESSARY TO FIX DIMENSIONS ACCORDING TO AAYADI IN

VASTU SHASTRA?
TheScientificExplanation:Onereasonwasthat,inthosedaystheunitsofmeasurementwerenotuniformindifferentregions.
TheunitsofmeasurementwereAngula(3/4ofaninch)andHasta(18inches)sothat1Hastaequals24Angulas.Howeverthe
value of Hasta and Angula were different in different regions. Therefore, by using the Aayadi formulae for fixing the
dimensionsofabuilding,theriskofcreatingdisproportionatespaceswaseliminated.
AnotherreasonwasthattheseformulaewereformulatedinordertomakeiteasyfortheArchitecttocreateroomswiththeright
sizesforthecorrectfitoftilesonroofpurlinsandroofpurlinsonraftersandraftersonthewallsoftherooms,sinceinolden
days,mosthouseshadtiledroofswithwoodenraftersandpurlins.
Typicallyinanywoodenroofconstruction,theinclinedroofraftersrestonthelintels/walls/underpurlinsandaretypically
spacedat18or24centretocenterorcloser.Horizontalroofpurlinsareplacedontopoftherafters,towhichboththetoproof
tilesandthedecorativeceilingtilesarefixed.Sincethewholeroofsystemisvisiblefromtheinsideofthehouse,careistaken
tohaveneatjointsanddecorativerafters,purlinsandceilingtiles.Soforsuchprecisionworkitwasidealthattheroom
dimensionsbeinmultiplesoftherafter/purlin/tilespacing.
This post about the Vastu Shastra principle | Aayadi Dimensions, explains the six formulae used for fixing the
dimensionsofabuilding.Thedimensions,LengthxBreadthxHeight,arerelatedtotheform/shapeofthebuilding.