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Pavilions bearing other names and descriptions are mentioned for wedding and other ceremonies, for kitchen, for storing water, etc., for guests, elephants, horses, and for pilgrimage, etc. The chapter closes with a description of the forms and shapes of pavilions. The *jāti* shape is given to the pavilions of the temples and the residences of the Brahmans, the *chhanda* shape to those of the Kshatriyas, the *vikalpa* shape to those of the Vaiśyas, and the *ābhāsa* shape to those of the Śūdras. Again, the pavilions are classified under technical names in accordance with the number of their faces, which vary from two to six.¹