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I. The eight kinds of single storeyed buildings with their characteristic features, chapter XIX—(1) Vaijayāntika, with round spire (*śīrsha*), pinnacle (*śiraḥ*), and neck (*grīvā*) (line 166); (2) Bhoga has *karṇa* or ears (187); (3) Śrīviśāla has the *bhadra* or front tabernacle in it (168); (4) Svastibandha has octangonal finial (*śīrsha*) (168); (5) Śrīkara has quadrangular *śikhara* or steeple (170); (6) Hastipṛishṭha has oval steeple (171); (7) Skandatāra has hexagonal spire and neck (172); (8) Keśara has the front tabernacles in the centre of the side-towers at the corners of the roof, and its nose, head, and neck are round or quadrangular (173-175).⁴