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BRAHMA-KĀNTA—A class of pillars, a type of storeyed buildings, a class of gate-houses. The square columns with four minor pillars : Chatur-aśraṁ brahma-kāntaṁ syāt | (M. xv. 20). Vedopapāda-saṁyuktaṁ brahma-kāntaṁ īritaṁ | (Ibid. 244). A class of the three-storeyed buildings (M. XXI. 39-40, see under Prāsāda). A class of the five-storeyed buildings (M. XXIII. 41-42, see under Prāsāda). A class of gate-houses (M. XXXIII. 558, see under Gopura).