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¹ It should be noted (i) that out of the thirty-two plans details are given only of seven plans, namely, first, second, third, fourth (wanting in full details), fifth, eighth and the ninth; (ii) that though the eighth plan comprises sixty-four plots and the ninth eighty-one plots, the very same forty-five (rather forty-nine, including four demonesses assigned to the outside) deities with various synonyms in some cases have been assigned to these plots, the shares of the deities varying from a half-plot to nine plots, thus the number of deities remains constant at least in the eighth and ninth plans, while the number of plots varies; and (iii) that these plans do not apparently admit of any other shape except square or quadrangular, although other shapes have been recognized in the plans of both buildings and villages, towns and forts (see the writer's *Indian Architecture*, pages 24, 49, 111, 118, 113—118, and chapters V, XI of this volume). quite conform to the description of the *Māyamata* on which they are apparently based. Dr. Kern's figures of the very same two figures (J. R. A. S. 1873, pages 287, 289) are still more lacking in conformity to the description of the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā* on which they are based. Bharati's figures based on Maṇḍana's *Vāstu-śāstra* need a passing mention only. T. A. Gopinatha Rao's figures (*Elements of Hindu Iconography*, pages 1, 11) do not refer to these plans but to the Parivāra deities in a temple.