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“The Svastika is auspicious, if it have the terrace on the east side, and one continual terrace along the west side, at the ends whereof begin two other terraces going from west to east, while between the extremities of the latter lies a fourth terrace.”
“The Ruchaka has a western and eastern terrace running to the end, and between their extremities two others.”
(*Ibid.* vv. 31-35, pp. 285-286).
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- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit