Manaiyadi Shastram

Manaiyadi Shastram is a part of Vastu Shastra. Manai in Tamil is the word for 'house' while Shastram denotes a field of study. Manaiyadi Shastram, therefore, is the field of study which examines the impact of the house’s dimensions – length, breadth, etc. – on the people who reside in the house. This is applicable to all the rooms in the house. Hence, when building the house, the length and breadth of each room are very important. If the dimensions are not right, the people living in that house might experience negative effects like illness, arguments, loss of money, and even death, in some cases. Given below are the good and bad consequences of a particular dimension for the rooms. Some important elements covered in this Shastra are the desired length, breadth, and width of the house that will enhance the health, wealth, and overall well-being of the inhabitants of the house. The length and breadth of the plot as well as the plot size, the months that are best for building the house, would also be included. There are many other rules too, but it is also a fact that sometimes it is not possible to follow all the rules. 

Dimension of the house and the corresponding effects:

Six feet – a peaceful life.
Seven feet – loss of wealth
Eight feet – great wealth and many pleasures
Nine feet – loss of wealth and many difficulties
Ten feet – at least one meal a day
Eleven feet – all-round health and wealth
Twelve feet – loss of progeny
Thirteen feet – incurable diseases
Fourteen feet – loss of mental peace
Fifteen feet – death in the family
Sixteen feet – great wealth
Seventeen feet – enemies will be defeated
Eighteen feet – destruction of the house
Nineteen feet – poverty
Twenty feet – a happy life
Twenty-one feet – a life of honor and dignity
Twenty-two feet – defeat of enemies
Twenty-three feet – occurrence of evil events
Twenty-four feet – moderate benefits
Twenty-five feet – loss of wife 
Twenty-six feet – prosperity
Twenty-seven feet – wealth
Twenty-eight feet – divine blessings
Twenty-nine feet – wealth and material possessions
Thirty feet – blessings of Goddess Lakshmi
Thirty-one feet – moderate benefits
Thirty-two feet – recovery of lost wealth
Thirty-three feet – Overall prosperity
Thirty-four feet – you will be forced to leave the house and live somewhere else
Thirty-five feet – you will make a fortune
Thirty-six feet – you will be courageous
Thirty-seven feet – wealth and good progeny
Thirty-eight feet – a demon will haunt you
Thirty-nine feet – overall prosperity
Forty feet – loss of possessions due to enemies
Forty-one feet – happy events in the family
Forty-two feet – all kinds of wealth
Forty-three feet – all kinds of difficulties
Forty-four feet – blindness
Forty-five feet – good progeny
Forty-six feet – loss of prosperity
Forty-seven feet – loss of prosperity and compulsion to live in an evil place
Forty-eight feet – danger from fire 
Forty-nine feet – poverty
Fifty feet – neither good nor bad times
Fifty-one feet – unwanted disputes
Fifty-two feet – good food 
Fifty-three feet – problems from women
Fifty-four feet – problems from government
Fifty-five feet – help from relatives
Fifty-six feet – progeny blessings
Fifty-seven feet- lack of progeny
Fifty-eight feet – threat to life
Fifty-nine feet – financial problems
Sixty feet – progress in career
Sixty-one feet – unwanted disputes 
Sixty-two feet – poverty and disease
Sixty-three feet – victory in disputes
Sixty-four feet – prosperity and luxuries
Sixty-five feet – loss of wife
Sixty-six feet – overall prosperity
Sixty-seven feet – the devil will enter the house
Sixty-eight feet – discovery of a treasure
Sixty-nine feet – danger of theft
Seventy feet – fame 
Seventy-one feet – high government posts
Seventy-two feet – prosperity and knowledge gain
Seventy-three feet – lack of progeny
Seventy-four feet – support from the government
Seventy-five feet – loss of wealth and death
Seventy-six feet – trouble from kith and kin
Seventy-seven feet – purchase of a new vehicle
Seventy-eight feet – problems for the resident’s daughter
Seventy-nine feet – wealth
Eighty feet – lord of wealth will live in the house
Eighty-one feet – threat to the home owner
Eighty-two feet – natural calamities
Eighty-three feet – loss of mental peace
Eighty-four feet – life of happiness
Eighty-five feet – luxuries 
Eighty-six feet – financial problems
Eighty-seven feet – purchase of vehicles 
Eighty-eight feet – overall welfare
Eighty-nine feet – purchase of more houses
Ninety feet – overall prosperity
Ninety-one feet – knowledge
Ninety-two feet – fame, awards, honors
Ninety-three feet – you will shift your residence
Ninety-four feet – poverty
Ninety-five feet – you will become a celebrity
Ninety-six feet – heavy expenses
Ninety-seven feet – prosperity in overseas business
Ninety-eight feet – you will find fame abroad
Ninety-nine feet – great good fortune
Hundred feet – deity of education and arts will live in the house
Hundred-and-one feet – immense wealth
Hundred-and-two feet – help from friends
Hundred-and-three feet – conviction for crime
Hundred-and-four feet – lack of profits from business
Hundred-and-five feet – your daughter will have disease
Hundred-and-six feet – you will make a fortune 
Hundred-and-seven feet – great wealth
Hundred-and-eight feet – divine blessings
Hundred-and-nine feet – overall prosperity
Hundred-and-ten feet – blessings from the god of wealth 
Hundred-and-eleven feet – happy events in the family
Hundred-and-twelve feet – you will recover lost property
Hundred-and-thirteen feet – you will accumulate wealth
Hundred-and-fourteen feet – change of place
Hundred-and-fifteen feet – blessings from the god of wealth
Hundred-and-sixteen feet – respect in society
Hundred-and-seventeen feet – gain of wealth
Hundred-and-eighteen feet – poverty
Hundred-and-nineteen feet – great wealth
Hundred-and-twenty feet – loss of all wealth

Certain months, too, are considered auspicious for building houses, according to Manaiyadi Shastram. If you are building a house for yourself, Vaikasi month (May 15-June 15) is suitable. The work will go well, and it will be finished quickly. The quality, too, will be good, and the residents will have a blissful life. Aavani month (Aug 15– Sep 15) favors construction activity. The people residing in a house built in this month will be happy and financially secure. Karthigai (Nov 15 – Dec 15) and Margazhi (Dec 15 – Jan 15) months are also favorable, as they ensure divine blessings for the residents.