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Chapter LXIV proposes to give a general description of all images particularly of the attendant deities of the Vishṇu temple. But it actually supplies a general resumé of all kinds of architectural and sculptural measures and of the rules concerning the verification of alternative measures, which have been repeatedly referred to both in the architectural and sculptural sections. The comparative measurement is distinguished into twelve kinds, as it is compared with the Phallus, the main Vishṇu image, the width of the sanctum, the breadth of the main temple, the door, the rafter (*vaṁśa*), the basement, and the pillar, as also in cubit, in the *tāla* system, in comparison with the worshipper, and in *aṅgula* of which four varieties have also been mentioned in Chapter LV. The various sub-divisions of each of these measures, illustrations of their application, and the effect of adopting a particular system are discussed in great detail.