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(1) Tri-chandra-śālā bhaved valabhī। “The roof must have three dormer-windows.” Dr. Kern adds the following: “Comm. valabhī vātāyana; vātāyana in general means ‘any place whither one goes to take an airing; sometimes ‘a window’ is intended by it, other times the flat ‘roof’ of an Indian house. In the latter acceptation it is here used by Utpala, and frequently elsewhere; e.g. Kathā-sarit-sāgara (95, 18): sva-gṛihottuṅga-vātāyana-gataḥ; (103, 162): harmya-vātāyanārūḍhaḥ, etc.” (Bṛihat-saṁhitā, LVI. 25, LVII. 4, J. R. A. S., N. S., vol. VI. pp. 319, 322, note).