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189-193. The breadth of the brick begins with seven *aṅgulas* (i.e. five-and-a-quarter inches) and ends with twenty-nine or thirty *aṅgulas* (i.e. twenty-two-and-a-half inches), the increment being by two *aṅgulas*; the length of the brick is desired to be greater by one-fourth, one-half, three-fourths, or by its own dimension (i.e. twice); and the thickness (of the brick) should be made half or equal to its breadth, and it should be quadrangular in shape.