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The next chapter (LIX) describes the devotees who are furnished with human features but possess superhuman measures. They are divided into four classes according to the four stages of spiritual advancement known as *Sālokya* (dwelling in the same world as the deity), *Sāmīpya* (dwelling in the vicinity of the deity), *Sārūpya* (being in close fellowship with the deity) and *Sāyujya* (being united with the deity). The images of the *Sālokya* class of devotees are measured in the large type of nine *tāla* system, those of the *Sāmīpya* class in the small type of ten *tāla*, those of the *Sārūpya* class in the middle type of ten *tāla*, and those of the *Sāyujya* class in the large type of ten *tāla*.