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³ (i) Chaturaśra-syena-chit—so called because it resembles the form of a falcon and the bricks out of which it is composed are all square shaped.
(ii) Kaṅka-chit—in the form of a heron (cf. Burnell. *Cat.* 29. of a carrion kite) is the same as śyena-chit except the two additional feet. (i i) Alaja-chit—is the same except the additional wings.
(iv) Prauga-chit—is an equilateral triangle; and the
(v) Ubhayataḥ-Praugachit—is made up of two such triangles joined at their bases.
(vi) Ratha-chakra-chit—is in the form of a wheel, (i) a massive wheel without spokes, and (ii) a wheel with sixteen spokes.
(vii) Droṇa-chit—is like a vessel or tube, square or circular. (viii) Parichayya-chit—has a circular outline and is equal to the Rathachakra-chit, differing in the arrangement of bricks which are to be placed in six concentric circles.
(ix) Samūhya-chit—is circular in shape and made of loose earth and bricks.
(x) Kūrma-chit—resembles a tortoise and is of a triangular or circular shape. Cf. Thibaut, *J. A. S. B.*, 1875, part I.