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The chapter opens with various classifications of buildings. They are first divided into four classes called *jāti*, *chhanda*, *vikalpa*, and *ābhāsa*. Here they are considered with regard to their measurement. The *jāti* class is said to be measured in the *pūrva-hasta*, the first kind of cubit, i.e., the cubit of 24 *aṅgulas*. The *chhanda* is measured in ¾ cubit, the *vikalpa* in ½ of this (?), and the *ābhāsa* in ½ cubit or span.