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Chapter XXXIII deals with gate houses of various kinds which are assigned to both temples and palaces. They are first divided into five classes as they belong to the five courts and bear very significant names: *dvāra-śobhā* (beauty of the gate), *dvāra-śālā* (gate-house), *dvāra-prāsāda* (gate-palace), *dvāra-harmya* (gate-mansion) and *mahā-gopura* (great cow-house). Each of these five classes is sub-divided into three sizes: small, intermediate and large. Under each of these fifteen varieties the gate-houses are elaborately described. They are further divided into ten classes, bearing ten different technical names, with regard to the number of domes, pinnacles, neck-peaks, and vestibules. They are made one to sixteen storeys high. The dimensions and ornaments of each storey are described in detail. Pillars, entablatures, roofs, walls, floors, doors, etc., are also fully described.